The ordinance prohibits the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene products -- commonly referred to as Styrofoam -- for businesses with more than 26 employees beginning in April 2023, and for smaller businesses in April 2024.
"L.A. can lead the pack," said Craig Cadwallader, policy coordinator with Surfrider South Bay. "What happens in L.A. doesn't stay in L.A. It's seen worldwide. So this is a really big deal, and makes a big difference not just here in Los Angeles, but beyond -- perhaps in other countries as well." Council President Paul Krekorian accused the petrochemical industry of "lying to the people of the United States by trying to convince them that somehow it's OK to use these products because they're recyclable."
"But it's not," Koretz said. "It will never happen. This cup will never be recycled. It is chasing into a landfill. It's being chased into an ocean. It's being chased into rivers. But this will never be chased into a recycling plant." Reyes said the organization supports policies that "expand recycling programs, reduce waste and create new markets for recovered materials. We believe that these objectives are better achieved under the system established by SB 54."
The city of la idiotas council memebrs just reinstated one of their corrupt counter parts salary. That POS ridley will continue to receive 300000 abyear salary while facing corruptuon charges. I guess the rest of the thieves on the council look out for their scummmm.
Seems like it's going to negatively impact the little Asian restaurants the most. And they in turn, will be forced to raise their prices. All this 'Save the Earth' stuff is going to nickel & dime us all into bankruptcy. And by the time the Earth is 'saved,' I'll be long dead.
Oh just fu*king great! So now, on top of EVERYTHING else going up in price, now, thanks to these eco-twats, the fast food restaurants are going to jack up their prices in order to cover the costs of whatever the Hell they're going to have to use now. And this won't really do 💩!
Good. Other cities did it years ago.
Why don’t you ban drugs, fentanyl, heroin, and crack just another stupid idea
Yay!
LA voted for this and this is what they get
I’m sure Big Paper or Big Plastic greased some palms for this one…
I'm tired of the city voting on our behalf... We as a city should vote, not city council
Los Angeles City Council votes to ban corruption within itself.
Fentanyl problems, homeless, crime, schools doing terrible jobs, and illegal immigrants draining the taxpayers, but let's worry about banning styrofoam products.
This is stupid wonder what side deals these so call leaders have in place
Everyone upset about this is a big baby. These things are literally single use trash.
Of all the stuff going on, they voted no more styrofoam cups, plates, and containers? What next, plastic utensils? Ops, I shouldn’t have said anything
they have nothing better to do ... I just can't with people anymore
God lord this was days ago let’s keep moving your almost there!!
They wanna ban everything but their high wages. 🙄🤦🏻♂️
Our votes and taxes at work, making a real impact on our lives. I’m being sarcastic. Can you tell?
I feel like the city council has much larger issues they could be focusing on. We need to audit their priorities.
Just making it more expensive on the mom and pop restaurant owner very stupid move no one else is going to follow
Good thing LACityCouncil solved all that crime first.
ya that styrofoam is the root of all evil in LA meanwhile kids are dying from fentanyl streets have become encampments crime is up but yep that take out container is deadly we should stop that!
Wtf!!
I’m sorry but i hate paper straws. What next?
Yeah, because styrofoam is killing thousands of people everyday 😒
Why don’t they just charge ten cents for a thicker styrofoam container just like they do with the plastic grocery bags? That really saved the planet.😒 Weakness WokeWorld ThirdWorldCalifornia
Is this going to work like the grocery bag ban. Now we just pay $0.10 per styrofoam container?
I mean sure the things are toxic, but I'd rather they vote on some bigger issues facing the voters in L.A . When it comes to these type of take out plates, I avoid places that usually use them, so the ban isn't something I'm going to give the city council a good job over.
What about the plastic forks?
Keep voting in the same clowns you get the clown show
It’s okay, no one will enforce the ban.
Why did they ever pass it in the first place? Do they not know what they are doing?
So much for crime and fentanyl..
About time. Now that we've solved homelessness and widespread drug addiction, fixed the education gap and broken schools, tackled the massive crime wave, paved our crumbling roads and upgrade our ancient power system, it was time to take on the big issue -- styrofoam.
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