[Repeal CRV...] LAX banned a common travel item that's forbidden in only one other major airport: 'The right thing to do'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

Eliminate the CA CRV cash grab.

https://news.yahoo.com/lax-banned-common-travel-item-130000349.html

If your airport routine features grabbing a bottle of water after passing
through the TSA checkpoint, you may have to think again. Los Angeles
International Airport has banned the sale of single-use plastic bottles in
its facility, per a Facebook post.

The ban has followed a 2021 plan to gradually phase out the sale of water
bottles in LAX and the Van Nuys Airport. It’s part of a larger, zero-waste
initiative under Los Angeles World Airports’ Sustainability Action Plan.

The LAWA Board of Commissioners plans to make its airports entirely zero-
waste by 2045. Besides banning plastic bottles, LAWA also intends to have
net-zero emissions from its operations, develop a fully renewable electric
profile, and minimize gray water.

“Eliminating single-use plastic water bottles is the right thing to do for
our airports, our communities, and our environment,” said Justin Erbacci,
CEO of LAWA, per television station KTLA.

The ban makes LAX the second airport to ban single-use plastic water
bottles. In 2019, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) banned single-
use plastic water bottles and included other types of beverages as of
2021.

This ban is significant, especially considering the number of people
flying through LAX daily. Over 32 million people flew through LAX in 2022,
meaning that cutting out water bottles could have a sizable impact on the
amount of trash the airport generates. This can decrease the number of
single-use plastic bottles ending up in landfills, waterways, and the
surrounding environment.

The plastic water bottle ban at LAX currently includes vending machines
and events at the airport. It does not include plastic water bottles
served aboard aircraft or other single-use cartons, recyclable aluminum,
or glass bottles.

“Moving away from single-use plastic water bottles and toward reusables
reduces plastic waste and pollution to help passengers reduce their
environmental impact while traveling,” LAWA officials said in a policy
document.

AGoodCustomer
8 hours ago

I could list a hundred ways to reduce plastic, yet the methods that we
implement all target those who aren't rich and those who don't have
political influence. Same for the shopping bags. It would make a lot more
sense to find the biggest sources of plastic and target them - but that
would mean our politicians would be fighting the rich, and not just
lording over us. They do token actions as the world burns.


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