Ending Procurement of Paper Straws
Office of the Attorney General
Washington, D.C. 20530
March 11, 2025
| MEMORANDUM FOR | ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES |
| FROM: | THE ATTORNEY GENERAL |
| SUBJECT: | ENDING PROCUREMENT OF PAPER STRAWS[1] |
President Trump recognized that there has been “[a]n irrational campaign against plastic straws” that has led to the forced use of nonfunctional, more expensive, and potentially hazardous, paper straws. The Department stands with the President in rejecting these misguided efforts.
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order, Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws (Feb. 10, 2025), that restores reason, saves money, and protects human health and the environment by making clear that it is “the Policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.” The Executive Order additionally directed the heads of executive departments and agencies to “take all appropriate action to eliminate the procurement of paper straws and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings” and to “take appropriate action to eliminate policies designed to disfavor plastic straws.”
In accordance with President Trump’s direction, it is the policy of the Department to eliminate the procurement and provision of paper straws. The Justice Management Division (and other Department components, if applicable) shall take appropriate action to eliminate the procurement of paper straws and ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within Department buildings. Department components shall take appropriate action to identify and eliminate any portion of policy or guidance documents designed to disfavor plastic straws.
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- ↑ This memorandum is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.