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Existing law requires, except as otherwise provided, a person who violates any provision of the code to be guilty of a misdemeanor with each offense punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both.
This bill would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer. By creating a new crime and imposing additional enforcement duties on local health agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1884
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California Bill Proposes up to 6 Months Imprisonment for Unsolicited Plastic Straws
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(Score: 1) by tftp on Saturday January 27 2018, @07:59PM (8 children)
(Score: 5, Informative) by julian on Saturday January 27 2018, @08:37PM (7 children)
A single use straw is in contrast to the thicker plastic straws which can stand up to repeated washings in a dishwasher or sink without cracking or splitting. My water bottle has one and it's lasted for years. The plastic is thick, it doesn't bend easily. I doubt any restaurant will switch to those types of straws just so they can keep handing them out for free--and the law would probably still classify them as single-use because the container isn't reusable. I'm not sure about that, and I doubt it'll ever be tested in court.
It's simpler (and cheaper) to just not give out any straws unless asked. That's what will happen. We did something similar with plastic bags a few years ago.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday January 27 2018, @09:20PM (6 children)
Paper straws are still permitted.
The problem is that a plastic straw is more likely to be recycled (and made out of recycled materials) than is a paper one.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday January 27 2018, @10:16PM (5 children)
Paper straws? Don't think I have ever seen those. Don't they kind of have to be waxed or something to hold liquid or they'll be like one-suck-items. Don't think I have seen to many re-usable straws either, I seem to recall some made out of harder slightly thicker plastic but that was a long time ago. Not to mention I doubt McD (or the other fast food places ) will start with those and then have a little box for then where you put your tray back so that they can wash and reuse them.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @10:33PM (2 children)
They have paper straws here, they are waxed as far as I can tell, but only minimally so.
You don't generally see reusable straws at restaurants because then they'd have to be cleaned and sanitized, which is much more challenging than on other utensils due to the interior being closed off and rather narrow.
The disposable ones have the advantage of being factory sealed and in some restaurants if they open the straw for you, they'll leave the top covered with the wrapper.
At home, I've got a reusable glass straw which is rather nice. I've also got a cup that came with a plastic straw, which isn't as nice as it's narrower and harder to clean.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @10:50PM (1 child)
I think you mean crackpipe.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 28 2018, @12:33AM
Really? Insightful mod? Wackos
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 27 2018, @11:22PM (1 child)
I knew a one-suck girl once . . .
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday January 28 2018, @01:06AM
Wow, Johnny cum early, huh quick draw....
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