{"id":2255579,"date":"2024-05-30T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-leaders-approve-plastic-bag-ban-after-waste-increase-from-earlier-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T08:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:38:51","slug":"california-leaders-approve-plastic-bag-ban-after-waste-increase-from-earlier-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-leaders-approve-plastic-bag-ban-after-waste-increase-from-earlier-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"California officials have endorsed a new plastic bag ban due to a rise in waste following a previous ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-leaders-approve-plastic-bag-ban-after-waste-increase-from-earlier-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California \u200dlegislators passed two bills to\u200b ban plastic shopping bags due to the\u2062 failure of a previous ban that led \u200cto a 47% increase in \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-international-bad-guys-thrilled-to-have-biden-in-office-this-year\/\" title=\"6 International Bad Guys Thrilled to Have Biden in Office This Year\">plastic waste<\/a>.\u2064 The ban, in effect since 2016, saw stores switch to\u200c selling heavier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-former-marine-imprisoned-in-venezuela-pleads-with-biden-for-safe-return\/\" title=\"Father of Former Marine Imprisoned in Venezuela Pleads With Biden For Safe Return\">plastic bags<\/a>, negating\u2064 the waste reduction goal. The new ban will\u2062 start in 2026, aiming to \u200caddress the escalating plastic pollution crisis. California lawmakers passed two bills to \u200cban plastic shopping bags after an \u200dinitial ban led to a 47% surge in plastic waste. Effective since 2016, the previous ban resulted in stores shifting to heavier plastic \u2064bags, counteracting waste reduction efforts. The upcoming ban, set\u200d for 2026, aims to tackle the\u2063 escalating plastic pollution crisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square)\u00a0\u2013 California legislators in both chambers passed a pair of plastic shopping bag ban bills after an earlier ban on thin plastic bags increased overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trashed-plans-california-bag-ban-undermined-by-loophole-in-law-that-opened-door-for-new-plastic-container\/\" title=\"California's bag ban undermined by loophole, allowing new plastic containers\">plastic bag waste<\/a> due to use of thicker, \u201creusable\u201d plastic bags. <\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s single-use plastic shopping bag ban went into effect in 2016, but plastic bag waste <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sd38.senate.ca.gov\/news\/legislation-ban-plastic-bags-passes-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increased<\/a><\/strong> 47% to 231,072 tons by 2022 as stores shifted to selling much heavier, thicker plastic bags to consumers for 10 cents each instead of providing thinner bags for free. Thus, while the ban was intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-things-the-biden-administration-has-attempted-to-restrict\/\" title=\"Biden administration's attempted restrictions:\n1. Gun control measures\n2. Immigration policies\n3. Climate change regulations\n4. Voting rights legislation\n5. Social media misinformation\">reduce plastic waste<\/a>, it had the effect of increasing the total amount of plastic bag waste through thicker bags. This ban would ban all plastic shopping bags starting on Jan. 1, 2026, and require that paper shopping bags be made with 50% recycled paper starting on Jan. 1, 2028. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s original ban on plastic bags hasn\u2019t worked out as planned, and sadly, the state\u2019s plastic bag waste has increased dramatically since it went into effect,\u201d said bill author state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, in a news release. \u201cWe need to do better. Shockingly, some 18 billion pounds of plastic waste flows into the oceans every year from coastal regions alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just 10 rivers worldwide are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/stemming-the-plastic-tide-10-rivers-contribute-most-of-the-plastic-in-the-oceans\/#:~:text=The%2010%20rivers%20that%20carry,waste%20into%20the%20Yellow%20Sea.\">responsible<\/a><\/strong> for 93% of plastic entering the world\u2019s oceans, eight of which are in Asia \u2014 mostly in China and India \u2014 and two of which are in Africa. Plastic bags, which take 1,000 years to decay, are a major source of microplastics building up in human tissues and causing a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10151227\/\">wide range<\/a><\/strong> of human health issues, such as endocrine, immune, reproductive, metabolic, and developmental disorders.<\/p>\n<p>A new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/toxsci\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/toxsci\/kfae060\/7673133?login=false\">study<\/a><\/strong> published earlier this month found microplastics in all 23 tested human testicle samples. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/topics\/en\/article\/20181116STO19217\/microplastics-sources-effects-and-solutions\">majority<\/a><\/strong> of microplastics are produced from washing clothes that are made from plastic, synthetic fabrics and tires breaking off plastic during regular driving.<\/p>\n<p>The ban is thus unlikely to have a major effect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-fine-businesses-that-use-certain-paper-receipts\/\" title=\"California Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Fine Businesses That Use Certain Paper Receipts\">global plastic pollution<\/a>, though it may reduce plastic bag waste in California landfills and litter. California already has adopted a pending ban on non-compostable produce bags <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1046\">starting<\/a><\/strong> Jan. 1, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Business leaders warn that a plastic shopping bag ban could have negative consequences for businesses and communities already facing inflation and struggling with rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no question that we all strive for cleaner, greener and healthier communities, but we must do so in a way that does not have affordability or accessibility consequences, especially for low-income, struggling families, seniors, and disadvantaged communities, often of color,\u201d National Federation of Independent Business California Director John Kabateck told The Center Square. \u201cThe alternative is to do no harm: stop imposing unnecessary, unrealistic bans that are not backed by science or lack alternatives that already struggling Californians are equipped to accommodate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair of bills,\u00a0formally known as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2236\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly Bill 2236<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1053\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 1053<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0have passed their respective chambers of origin and must pass the opposite chamber to head to the governor\u2019s desk to be signed into law.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmakers approved two bills to ban plastic shopping bags as a response to the failure of the earlier ban. The initial ban led to a surge in thicker plastic bag usage, causing a 47% spike in plastic waste. The state&#8217;s single-use plastic bag ban, implemented in 2016, faced significant challenges prompting the recent legislative action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2255580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/plastic-bag.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/plastic-bag.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}