Design and Architecture
Plastic straw ban takes effect in Malibu
If you’re at a restaurant or cafe in Malibu and ask for a straw, starting June 1 you won’t be given a single-use plastic straw. The same goes for stir sticks or other plastic utensils.
By Frances Anderton • • 4m ListenMalibu officials say they’ve looked at the numbers: an estimated 500 million straws are thrown away every day in the U.S. A recent study estimated that there are about 7.5 million plastic straws littering America’s beaches. And a widely cited World Economic Forum report predicts there could be more plastic by weight than fish in the world's oceans by 2050.
plastic food packaging ban in place and is planning to extend that to include plastic straws (as well as lids, utensils, stirrers and lid plugs). The city will hold a public meeting on Thursday to answer questions and hear local concerns.
were rye -- essentially grass -- straws.)
told the student paper Corsair that “giving people straws that do not work is silly. Paper straws should not be a thing unless they function comparably to plastic ones.”
McDonald's shareholders rejected -- by a huge majority -- a proposal to take a step toward a ban on plastic straws. The fast food chain is said to distribute an estimated 95 million single-use straws around the world every day. But they won’t be allowed plastic straws in their McDonalds in Malibu.
STRAWS and made of over 15,000 straws recovered from SoCal beach clean-ups.
