Friday Top of the Scroll: California lawmakers pass major plastic-reduction measure after years of thwarted attempts
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a sweeping plastic-reduction measure that aims to dramatically shrink the amount of disposable packaging and food ware that Californians use in their daily lives. The bill, SB54, is the result of a breakthrough legislative deal between some environmentalists, business groups and waste haulers, a last-minute compromise that led proponents to withdraw an anti-plastic waste initiative from the November ballot. … “California won’t tolerate plastic waste that’s filling our waterways and making it harder to breathe,” Newsom said in a statement. “We’re holding polluters responsible and cutting plastics at the source.”
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