LA city law restricting plastic straw use at restaurants to go into effect

Monday, September 30, 2019

A new city law requiring restaurants in Los Angeles not to serve plastic straws unless requested by customers goes into effect Tuesday.

The first phase of the "Straws on Request" initiative went into effect in April on Earth Day and applied to restaurants with more than 26 employees. The second phase expands the ordinance to include restaurants of all sizes, including fast food and sit down businesses.

Under the city ordinance, restaurants can only provide plastic straws if a patron asks for one.

Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell and the city's Bureau of Sanitation will hold a press conference Monday morning in Echo Park to remind restaurants of the law.

O'Farrell said the law seeks to reduce "single-use plastic waste from littering our beaches and waterways."

The ultimate aim is to completely ban straws in L.A. within the next few years in an effort to clean up the environment, especially debris that flows into the ocean.

Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws every day, according to a report from the nonprofit Lonely Whale.

https://abc7.com/business/plastic-straw-restriction-at-la-restaurants-to-go-into-effect/5578262/

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LA city law restricting plastic straw use at restaurants to go into effect