California’s first-in-the-nation plastic bag ban works”. The editorial claims that because fewer plastic bags were found during this year’s Coastal Clean Up day proves that California’s “grand experiment” with a plastic bag ban is asuccess. (Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boar...
Plastic Straw Bans Plastic straw bans began popping up in Massachusetts in 2015 but didn't hit mainstream news until Seattle became the largest US city to enact a straw ban in 2018. Supporters of plastic straw bans argue that single-use straws have a negative environmental impact, but those o...
California remains the only state to ban plastic bags, while 10 other states have passed laws limiting, or forbidding, cities and counties from enacting their own plastic bag restrictions.SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The humble plastic drinking straw has become the villain of the moment for environm...
Today, California and Hawaii are the only two out of 50 US states to have banned plastic bags. Some cities, including the US capital Washington and Portland, Maine, make stores charge customers five cents or more per bag. On the hand, a dozen states have laws that actually ban cities fro...
In California, the opt-in already has become the fallback position for advocates of a statewide plastic straw ban. Unlike some of the city ordinances, the bill in the Legislature would provide for straws only on request in sit-down restaurants. It would not apply to takeout-only restaurants...
Over the last few days, there's been a lot of drama around California’s alleged “Straw Ban," a bill, that would, in its current state, see waiters fined up to $1,000 and even sentenced to six months in jail for giving a patron an unrequested plastic straw. Clai...
In California, the opt-in already has become the fallback position for advocates of a statewide plastic straw ban. Unlike some of the city ordinances, the bill in the Legislature would provide for straws only on request in sit-down restaurants. It would not apply to takeout-only restaurants...
Seattle became the first major city in the country to ban plastic straws in September 2017. San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Malibu and some other California cities also joined the movement to impose restrictions on plastic straws this year.
Burnett then mentioned how banning plastic straws are a "big thing" and asked her if people should ban them. "I think we should, yes," Harris responded. "Look, I'm going to be honest... It's really difficult to drink out of a paper straw... so we kinda have to perfect that a...
California's law doesn't go as far as those in cities, including San Francisco and Seattle, that ban straws outright. Critics argue California's straw law won't significantly improve the environment. Some say restricting straws hurts disabled people who rely on them. ...