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Waiters In California Will Serve 6 Months In Prison For Handing Out This Normal Item
To Customers There is a reason why a group in California
proposed to take over most of current-day California and leave the coastal urban areas
to themselves.
For years California leadership has run the state into the ground.
California has become a beacon for hardcore liberals and as a result, the state is in
major debt leading to the proposed breakup.
Now, California is back in the news thanks to a controversial new bill that would make
it illegal to distribute single-use straws to consumers at restaurants unless specifically
requested.
Democratic majority leader in California's lower house Ian Calderon introduced Assembly
Bill 1884 which uses the excuse of environmental protection as the key reason why "single-use
straws" should not be so readily available unless requested.
"We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its
detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans," Calderon stated in a media
release.
"AB 1884 is not a ban on plastic straws," he added.
"It is a small step towards curbing our reliance on these convenience products, which
will hopefully contribute to a change in consumer attitudes and usage."
Assembly Bill 1884 aims to update the California Retail Food Code.
Western Journalism reported:
The bill notes that the current code "… establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for,
and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities,
as defined, and requires local health agencies to enforce these provisions."
As the law currently stands, punishment for violating the Retail Food Code ranges from
paying a fine between $25 DOLLARS – $1,000 DOLLARS or jail time.
"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 DOLLARS or more than $1,000 DOLLARS, or by imprisonment in the county
jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both."
If passed, the law would modify the code to mark the provision of "single-use plastic
straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer," as a crime.
Banning straws is a bit of a stretch.
While plastic waste is a major issue that wreaks havoc on the environment if not properly
disposed of, there needs to be another way to go about making a change.
The government should not have the ability to tell people whether or not they can drink
from straws, and this is just another reason why so many people have become fed up with
California.
"Conservatively, you can guess that Americans will use on average two plastic straws a day,
so 500 million is an accurate estimate.
But I challenge you to start paying attention to the straws you get in your iced coffee,
smoothies, soda, and cocktails.
When I'm in New York or LA the number of plastic straws I receive is often closer to
10 a day."
According to CNN: Worldwide, plastic straws are the sixth most
common type of litter, according to Litterati, an app that identifies and maps trash, and
among the top 10 marine debris items according to environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy.
Made from fossil fuels, they are almost never recycled because they're too small and could
be made from several different types of plastic.
They simply contribute to the massive problem of plastic pollution; eight million tons of
plastic is dumped into the oceans every year.
Plastic straws are now the target of a growing movement to reduce their use.
Possibly the first of such campaigns, Be Straw Free was started in 2011 by Milo Cress, who
was only nine years old at the time.
"I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would usually come with
a straw in it, and I don't usually need a straw," he said.
In 2015, a shocking viral YouTube video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged into
its nostril gave the movement a boost.
Plastic straws may seem like a minor problem, but they can help tackle bigger problems,
according to Grenier.
"A straw may be small, but it's the DNA of carelessness and it just might be a gateway
into solving the much larger issue of plastic pollution.
They connect all of us, no matter where we live or how much money we make, and they're
an opportunity to start a conversation.Plastic waste has become a major problem in the world,
and wildlife is paying the price for our uncaring attitude towards the environment.
This is one of those issues where people need to be more aware of the impact plastic has
on our world and adjust accordingly.
California is once again stepping over the line with the proposed law.
Straws and stirrers rank at number nine in the top 10 marine debris items according to
The Ocean Conservancy.
The elimination of plastic straws has become an urgent issue for a while now.
The "Be Straw Free Campaign" was introduced by Milo Cress in 2011 when he was only 9 years
old.
"I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would usually come with
a straw in it, and I don't usually need a straw," he told CNN.
"This seemed like a huge waste," Cress continued.
"Straws are made of oil, a precious and finite resource.
Is making single-use plastic straws, which will be used for a matter of minutes before
being tossed away, really what we want to do with this resource?"
Who would want to live in a place where you could be jailed for passing out drinking straws?
That is a dangerous proposition and is exactly the reason why California is failing.
The issue of plastic is something that people should take more seriously and hopefully over
time they will.
What do you think about the proposed law?
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