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LA official who dreamed up plastic straw restriction says smoothie drinkers don't need straws: 'Just have them blend it a little thinner'
September 30, 2019
The 'Straws on Request' restriction takes effect Tuesday
On Tuesday, all Los Angeles restaurant managers will be required to withhold plastic straws unless customers ask for them, KNBC-TV reported.
The station said "Straws on Request" is the brainchild of City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, and the first phase — which applied to businesses with more than 26 employees — took effect on Earth Day (April 22). The Oct. 1 phase applies to all restaurants, KNBC said.
And according to KFI-AM reporter Andrew Mollenbeck, O'Farrell said folks don't need straws to drink their smoothies, either: "Just have them blend it a little thinner."
O'Farrell had planned to speak at a Monday morning news conference with city officials and local restaurant owners, KNBC reported.
"As a coastal city and state, we owe it to our environment to do everything in our power to ensure we reduce single-use plastic waste," he said, according to the station, adding that L.A.'s law is more restrictive than both the state's and county's recently adopted single-use plastic straw policies.
Santa Barbara passed a similar ordinance last year, and residents seemed most definitely in favor of it — with one even saying the plastic straw problem is worse than illegal immigration.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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