Environmental advocates in California who successfully pushed for a ban on single-use plastic bags have expanded their fight against plastic waste, targeting straws and bottle caps and calling on the state to increase the amount of recycled material in plastic water and soda bottles.
The efforts face stiff opposition from the beverage and plastic industries, however, and opponents buried one bill on Monday.
. . .“Instead of going after people littering, we are going to make law-abiding citizens have restrictions on their straws. It is really ludicrous,” Fleischman said. “If you use a little bit of public education, people will do the right thing without there having to be legislation.”
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