Plastic pollution in our oceans and coastlines are a major problem with detrimental consequences. Not only does it take ages to decompose, it kills wildlife and creates unsightly "garbage patches" all across our oceans. Recently Bill 521 was proposed to combat this pollution, proposing that California manufacturers would be forced to figure out how to reduce 95% of plastic pollution by 2014 and not complying would result in a financial penalty of up to $10,000 per day.
Though this sounds like a great step towards a more sustainable future, that bill died in the state Assembly last Friday. The panel failed to act on this bill, and as a result it killed the legislation for the session. The excuse was that the bill put too much liability on producers rather than consumers, but pointing fingers while continuing to let our waters become polluted with litter isn't going to help anything.
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