California Considers $1,000 Fine for Waiters Offering Unsolicited Plastic Straws

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California considers life in prison without parole for telling the grocery store bagger "plastic, please."

California considers death penalty for failing to separate recyclables.

California considers summary execution for passing the dutchie to the right hand side. (Some of you will have to research that one.)

If plastic straws are so bad, why don't the lawmakers outlaw their use, and have the restaurant industry start using paper straws, like there used to be. This makes more sense the fining the wait staff for giving them out.

We have to accept that there is a huge problem with recycling and garbage disposal in general. As society we need to do our part and recycle. The $1,000 fine is a wrong way of taking care of a waste and recycling problem. Instead, they should make better laws/regulations on recycling and also facilitate this process so that everyone can do their part. One example of facilitating the process is that you should be able to return plastic bottles and cans at any store that has this system like Walmart (sometimes this machines don't accept bottles from other stores and brands).