U.S. New York City Counciler Espinal submitted a motion on the 23rd to require food and beverage establishments to disable plastic straws or stir bars and replace them with biodegradable or reusable materials.
If the bill is passed, plastic straws and whisks will be disabled at restaurants, bars and cafes in New York City. People with disabilities and some patients may not be restricted by the ban. In the first two years after the ban was issued, offenders will not face fines. , The fine will be 100 US dollars (about 638 yuan).
Espinal suggested replacing straws with biodegradable materials such as paper, corn, bamboo, or reusable metal materials instead of plastic. He said that more than 130 restaurants in New York City have signed a pledge to use only biodegradable straws or not To provide customers with plastic straws.
Espinal said that the United States discards about 500 million plastic straws each day and dumps as much as 1200 tons of plastics into the ocean each year. 'Plastic straws are not necessities but luxury goods. Our luxury goods are destroying the environment.'