Trump’s pledge to get ‘back to plastic’ stokes debate about whether we’ve accepted too many ineffective environmental policies

President Trump said it is “the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws” Matt Seaholm : We have accepted too many ineffective environmental policies in recent years that fail to pass the proverbial sustainability smell test but make for a feel-good headline for the activist organizations behind them.

In New Jersey , a law was passed aimed at reducing plastic that did exactly the opposite.