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Seattle Bans Plastic Straws, Utensils, Becoming First Major US City to Do So

posted by mrpg on Wednesday July 04 2018, @12:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the pollution dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

[...] "Plastic pollution is surpassing crisis levels in the world's oceans, and I'm proud Seattle is leading the way and setting an example for the nation by enacting a plastic straw ban," Mami Hara, the general manager of Seattle Public Utilities, told KOMO News.

The National Park Service estimates 500 million straws are used by Americans each day.

The Seattle ban actually began with an ordinance prohibiting one-time-use food service items in 2008, but the city has allowed exemptions on certain items every year since. For example, Styrofoam food packaging was banned in 2009, according to the Seattle Times. But because of the market, plastic utensils and straws have been exempted in Seattle's ban until now, the newspaper reported.

Seattle bans plastic straws, utensils, becoming first major US city to do so

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  • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Wednesday July 04 2018, @06:46AM (2 children)

    by SanityCheck (5190) on Wednesday July 04 2018, @06:46AM (#702401)

    Allow me to introduce two pieces of relevant information.

    Exhibit A:
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/29/california-lawmakers-proposal-makes-serving-plastic-straw-without-request-crime-report-says.html [foxnews.com]

    Exhibit B:
    https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-california-law-reduces-penalty-knowingly-exposing-someone-hiv-n809416 [nbcnews.com]

    I want off this ride...

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  • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:12AM (1 child)

    by jmorris (4844) on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:12AM (#702414)

    There is no getting off this ride. So either go with a general purpose FTGE or go all the way and pray to your choice of SMOD or the Yellowstone Supervolcano to end this madness. Because this ends with a Kaboom of one sort or another. Sudden natural disaster triggering a collapse, 90%+ die off and rebirth of civilization is the unlikely happy scenario. Even the Trumpening can only buy a little more time to be ready. The realistic scenarios are grim and the prospects for survival are low, even a super prepper might manage 50-50 odds at best because nobody can predict which of the insane things we are doing will be the one that first breaks the system beyond repair. All four horsemen will show up in the end but it matters in what order.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @12:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @12:32PM (#702513)

      the one that first breaks the system beyond repair

      AKA the last straw ;)