California Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Fine Businesses That Use Certain Paper Receipts

California Phil Ting, a Democrat from the State Assembly, introduced legislation Thursday to establish fines businesses Those who continue to use certain receipts in paper form.

Assembly Bill 1347 would be. impose Fines for businesses that use receipts containing BPA/BPS. These are industrial chemicals that are used to make certain plastics or include in some other products. “items nonessential to the transaction” Coupons or advertisements. Businesses that violate the statute could be hit with a $25 daily penalty, which is capped at $300 per year.

“When we get coffee to-go or a pack of gum, most of us don’t want or need a physical receipt,” Ting said it in a press release. “It’s time we provide customers with the option to get no receipt or a digital receipt. It doesn’t make sense to kill so many trees and produce billions of pounds of carbon emissions.”

Ting was mentioned in a report Green America notes that paper receipts are made in America every year by 3 million trees and 10,000,000 gallons water. This generates 4 billion pounds carbon dioxide. He invited his constituents and friends to endorse this initiative. petition It is affirming “paper receipts have become unnecessary” “have harmful chemicals that can be absorbed through our skin just by touching them.”

Similar legislation was introduced by the lawmaker for the first time in 2019. However, it was blocked in Senate Appropriations Committee. The latest bill to impose fines on paper receipts is one of many strict environmental regulations that Californians have proposed for consumers and businesses. Officials from San Francisco were awarded controversy They announced in 2018 crackdowns on plastic straws and stirrers. Santa Barbara’s counterparts thought they could issue $10,000 fines per offense for plastic straw-using restaurants.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) approved legislation Since over a decade ago, certain food facilities have been prohibited from offering certain foods. “any single-use foodware accessory or standard condiment” According to a, these include forks and knives, spoons and chopsticks, as well condiment cups and packets. fact sheet California Health and Human Services Agency.

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Officials were praised by environmental leaders who praised the signing of the new restrictions. “Newsom has once again secured California’s position as a leader on tackling the global plastic pollution problem,” Jenn Engstrom, California Public Interest Research Group’s State Director, said in a statementThe measures would also be added to the list. “bring transparency to our recycling systems, help consumers make more informed choices and reduce the amount of unnecessary single-use plastics polluting our communities.”

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