Ordinance Will Go Into Effect In April 2020 If Signed By Mayor
The city of Milwaukee is following the trend of limiting access to plastic straws, but they aren’t issuing a strict ban.
On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Common Council approved an ordinance that would prohibit the city’s food and beverage establishments from handing out plastic straws to customers. The only exception will be for people with limited physical abilities who may ask for a plastic straw.
The policy sponsored by Alder Cavalier Johnson, met little opposition during the Common Council meeting. Only Alder Bob Donovan opposed the ordinance and did not express the reasoning behind his disapproval.
According to Johnson, Milwaukee’s ban on single-use plastic straws is similar to bans adopted in other cities and municipalities across the nation...Ken Notes: The only issue I nave with this is that straws came to our attention because of one sea turtle image and now we are not addressing the issue of containers, cups, packaging, utensils and the other billions of pounds we toss each year. Remember the "six pack ring"??? same thing...
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