The Los Angeles City Council is looking looking to phase out the use of plastic straws, utensils, and other disposable foodware.
The Los Angeles City Council is looking to phase out the use of plastic straws, utensils, and other disposable foodware.
"There is no recycling of plastic in any real way, in Los Angeles or much less anywhere else," O'Farrell said."Anyone who ever takes a walk on a city sidewalk will see plastic waste that ends up in our gutter, and then in our storm drains, and then in the ocean."
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