The county becomes the largest government entity to restrict single-use plastic food ware items from restaurants and other commercial operations.
“Instead of getting paid for their materials, we were actually paying people to go put them in landfills,” he said, noting that other local governments were similar affected.
Jay Ziegler, at the Nature Conservancy’s Director of Policy and External Affairs for California, said it was the “most significant county effort to date.” Other California counties, including San Mateo and Marin, have passed similar plastics ordinances. However, the Los Angeles law will have the broadest population reach, and is likely to help fuel ordinances in other local governmentsThis is a “critical step today to protect communities and the ocean from plastic pollution,” said Christy Leavitt, director of Oceana’s plastics campaign. “The reality is that counties and cities are leading the way. It’s time for statewide action.
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