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Scott Bays: Legislation more sophisticated than California&#8217;s straw restriction required

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Plastic waste is a tax on the earth – and people’s budgets. That’s the stance California took in August when lawmakers voted to make the state the first to restrict the distribution of plastic straws.

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Scott Bays: Legislation more sophisticated than California’s straw restriction required

By Scott Bays

Sept. 3, 2018 8:30 p.m.