date:Jun 21, 2018
Seattle residents will be sipping their drinks a bit differently this summer, with biodegradable straws instead of plastic ones.
The Emerald City will become the first major U.S. metropolitan area to enact a ban on plastic straw and utensils when the law goes into effect on July 1, but the idea isn't new. The ban is stems from a 2008 city ordinance that leaders said wasn't realistic at the time, CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reports, explaining the 5,000 permitted food service businesses in the cit