# 2025-02735: Government Dumps Paper Straws, Revives Plastic Ones Everywhere

2025-02735, Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-02-14, effective 2025-02-10 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02735
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02735
- Title: Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 9585
- Published: 2025-02-14
- Effective: 2025-02-10
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

Government Dumps Paper Straws, Revives Plastic Ones Everywhere

## Summary

The government is officially ditching paper straws because they’re costly, less useful, and sometimes wrapped in plastic. Federal agencies must stop buying and using paper straws, and within 45 days, a plan will roll out to end paper straw bans and penalties nationwide. This change affects all federal buildings and could save money while making straw use simpler and smarter.

## Effects PRIA read

- Federal stop to buying paper straws: benefit, low. Heads of executive departments and agencies must take action to eliminate the procurement of paper straws and ensure paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings. This requirement comes from the Executive Order dated February 10, 2025.
- Remove policies that disfavor plastic straws: benefit, low. Agencies must eliminate policies designed to disfavor plastic straws, including those issued to further Executive Order 14057 (which was revoked on January 20, 2025). Agencies are directed to reverse internal rules or practices that penalize plastic-straw use.
- 45-day national strategy to end paper straws: benefit, low. Within 45 days of February 10, 2025, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy must issue a National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws. The strategy must address eliminating policies that disfavor plastic straws, contract terms with entities (including States) that ban or penalize pl…

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## Sources
- [2025-02735 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02735/ending-procurement-and-forced-use-of-paper-straws)
- [2025-02735 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-14/pdf/2025-02735.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02735 (as of 2026-11-04).