Factbox-Trump pushes for use of plastic straws in US, defies global trend of countries imposing a ban

President Donald Trump in a new executive order inked on Monday encouraged the U.S. government and consumers to purchase plastic drinking straws at a time when several countries have issued a ban on non-biodegradable single-use plastics.

The new order backtracks on Biden administration's efforts to lower consumption of such plastics, which damage ecosystems and contaminate food supplies, as well as a policy to end the use of all single-use plastic products on federal lands by 2032.

Following is the list of countries that have imposed bans on single-use plastics after the United Nations on World Environment Day in 2018, called for "biggest-ever worldwide cleanup" of plastic pollution:

Country Date of ban Related articles

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announcement

Nigeria June 26, 2024 Nigeria's ban on

single-use

plastics, which was

announced and

started with

government offices

last year, expanded

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nation-wide in

January.

India July 1, 2022 India imposed a ban

on single-use

plastics on items

ranging from straws

to cigarette packs.

Chile February 2022 Chile phases out

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use of plastic

cups, straws,

takeout container,

and more after a

law regulating the

single-use plastics

enters into force.

France 2021 France banned

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plastic straws,

cups, cutlery and

styrofoam takeaway

boxes from 2021.

England October 1, 2020 England's ban on

supplying plastic

straws, stirrers

and plastic-stemmed

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cotton buds was

imposed in 2020.

Kenya June 2020 Kenya imposed

toughest laws

against plastic

bags in 2017. It

announced ban on

plastic items

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including straws,

as per Associated

Press.

Bangladesh January 2020 Bangladesh's High

Court ordered the

government to ban

single-use plastics

in coastal areas,

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hotels and

restaurants.

China 2020 China unveiled its

plans to ban use of

plastics, including

single-use straws

by the end of 2020,

according to BBC

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Vancouver, Canada November 28, 2019 Vancouver was one

of the first major

Canadian cities to

enact a

wide-reaching ban

on the use of

plastic straws and

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bags. It was

imposed from April

2020.

Seattle, Los 2019 Some cities in the

Angeles, Miami, New U.S. had proposed

York City, United or enacted plastic

States straw bans and

restrictions.

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Tanzania July 2019 Tanzania banned

single-use

plastics.

Taiwan July 2019 Taiwan initiated

its first stage ban

on single-use

plastic straws, as

per Taiwan News.

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Queensland, July 2018 A few Australian

Australia states including

Queensland banned

the use of

single-use plastics

which further added

plastic straws,

according to

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Queensland

government's

website.

Source: Media reports