Small businesses were given a year to comply with the ban, which went into effect in April 2023.
is not allowed in the City of San DiegoBusinesses bringing in less than $500,000 annually were given a year to comply with the ban, which initially passed in April 2023.
Ott says the city sent out 9,000 mailers, hundreds of emails and hosted a webinar, giving businesses a heads up that exemptions are over.Fines, which start around $100, aren't being implemented yet. "It's more expensive. The other option is paper, but with paper, it's soggy," said one taco shop manager.
"Polystyrene foam, it tops our beach cleanup reports year after year. It's a toxic material that persists for centuries in our environment, and it's impossible to clean it up because it fragments in the 1000s of pieces," said Mitch Silverstein, a policy manager for the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.
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