Seattle bans plastic straws, utensils at restaurants, bars

in #seattle6 years ago

The city's 5,000 restaurants - including Seattle-based Starbucks outlets - will now have to use reusable or compostable utensils, straws and cocktail picks, though the city is encouraging businesses to consider not providing straws altogether or switch to paper rather than compostable plastic straws.

Wow, surprising article about how Seattle is banning plastic straws and utensils, seems extreme to me, I like to drink out of a straw. And I would imagine that it puts a huge costs on small business that may have to put in a dishwasher and/or grease trap that they didn't need before. How does a bar serve a mixed drink without the small stir straw....?

Read the full story here...
https://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/07/seattle_bans_plastic_straws_ut.html#incart_river_index

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