вЂњThe passage of SB 54 would вЂ¦ ensure we put wildlife over waste by making producers responsible for the trash they produce,вЂќ Deehan said.ДЄn allen spokesperson said the senator hopes to pass the bill in the first half of next year.

A study this year by the environmental group Oceana documented 1,792 cases where sea animals died as a result of waste-related strangulation and drowning, and plastic ingestion, which disrupts digestion and leads to starvation for a number of species. вЂњItвЂ™s definitely a landmark year, both in terms of the number and scope of the bills that were passed, not to mention the level of interest among legislators,вЂќ said Nick Lapis of Californians Against Waste, a 44-year-old non-profit that advocates for more recycling as well as less single-use packaging and products.Д®nvironment CaliforniaвЂ™s Laura Deehan agreed, saying that too much of CaliforniaвЂ™s waste now ends up in nature. Other legislation would provide new incentives for reusing glass beverage bottles, crack down on misleading recycling labeling, and reduce the export of plastics that end up in foreign landfills. The six bills include a measure that would expand plastic straw restrictions to plastic utensils and condiment packages - and would apply not only to full-service restaurants but alsoВ take-out and fast food restaurants, which are currently exempted from the straw law.

6 bills on recycling, plastic await NewsomвЂ™s signature вЂ“ Orange County RegisterДЄ sweeping package of bills aimed at reducing plastic waste and improving recycling efforts, approved by the Legislature this month, are being celebrated by environmentalists and trash-reduction activists as they await final consideration by Gov.

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