The two bills would have enacted the strongest plastic pollution rules in the United States. They are now in the “inactive file,” but can be reconsidered next year.

“Nothing will really change until we stop the production of plastic,” writes a San Diego attorney in favor of a single-use plastic bottle ban in Solana Beach. But consider this: California has the largest number of plastics industry employees—approximately 78,500—in the United States.

There are better ways than an outright ban to solve the plastic waste problem, according to Matt Seaholm, Executive Director of the American Progressive Bag Alliance.

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