California's Assembly Committee on Natural Resources has passed legislation that would prohibit stores from providing paper receipts to consumers except upon request,and violators would be fined.The vote on Assembly Bill No.161 took place on March 25.The’ayes’were 6,the’noes’were 3,and’no votes’were 2.AB 161 is now headed to the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee.If passed into law,AB 161 would take effect Jan.1,2022.Supporters of the bill leaned on information from a report authored by Green America titled,”Skip the Slip: Environmental Costs & Human Health Risks of Paper Receipts with Proposed Solutions.”According to an amended version of the report,”3 million trees and 9 billion gallons of water in America are used to create proof of purchase receipts.”The report goes on to say”receipts generate 302 million pounds of waste and 4 billion pounds of carbon dioxide,the equivalent of more than 425,000 cars on the road.”
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