"This bill is a step in the right direction -- it reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself," Brown said in a signing statement. "We're the first to ban these bags, and we won't be the last." Plastic bag manufacturers have aggressivel...
解析 答案: to ban详解: 考查非谓语。 句意:加利福尼亚成为美国第一个禁 用一次性塑料袋的州,这是其为保护环境所做的努 力。 分析句子结构可知, 此处是固定短语the first to do sth.,意为“第一个做某事的人/物”,应用不定式 作后置定语。 故填to ban。
California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and recyclable. The new measure,approved by state legislators last month, bans all plastic shopping...
Christy Leavitt, Oceana’s plastics campaign director, said Sunday that the new ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery store checkouts “solidifies California as a leader in tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.” Twelve states, including California, already have som...
California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them reusable and recyclable. The new measure, approved by state legislators last month, bans all plastic shopping bags starting...
After years of plastic bag restrictions being enforced worldwide, California is suspending its ban for hygienic reasons (Photo: PantherMedia/IScarteblanche) Arguing that reusable bags, especially if unwashed, are not hygienic, the US plastics industry has consistently fought the concept ever since the...
Lawmakers passed two identical laws to close a loophole that allowed stores to offer 'reusable' plastic bags at checkout despite 2014 legislation meant to ban plastic bags.
vote, Dana Point, Calif., is set to become the 50th community in California to enact a ban on polystyrene takeout foodservice containers.A second vote on the ban — which would not be enforced until seven months after council approves the ban at a second reading — is scheduled for March...
California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops, but shoppers at checkout can purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly makes them reusable and recyclable. Democratic state Sen. Catherine Blakespear said people are not reusing or recycling th...
Haven’t we seen this movie before, you might ask. We have, indeed. Back in 2014, SB 270 was passed into law, making California the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags. The law made an exception for thicker plastic carryout bags made from high-density polyethylene ...