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California city approves 25-cent fee on disposable cups
ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | Jan. 23, 2019 | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

Posted on 01/23/2019 8:10:36 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

SAN FRANCISCO — Patrons of restaurants and coffee shops in Berkeley, California, who don't bring a reusable cup for their beverage will have to pay a 25-cent fee for a disposable cup as part of an ordinance approved by city officials to reduce restaurant waste.

Berkeley's City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the fee on single-use cups that will take effect January 2020.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: berkeley; ca; california; cup; fee; globalwarminghoax
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1 posted on 01/23/2019 8:10:36 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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Disposable cup... 25 cents.

Anonymous gay sex...Free.


2 posted on 01/23/2019 8:13:01 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

All city offices and agencies of course exempt. What will the donut shop cops do?


3 posted on 01/23/2019 8:15:58 PM PST by blackdog
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To: ConservativeStatement

How about condoms?


4 posted on 01/23/2019 8:18:33 PM PST by blackdog
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To: ConservativeStatement

YEARS ago, someone I worked with went to Russia on some church mission (not Mormon). She said they had vending machines that dispensed sweet tear. They had a tin cup hanging from a chain instead of cups.

Perhaps the coffee shops should offer that option as a snide reminder.


5 posted on 01/23/2019 8:19:59 PM PST by Oatka
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To: ConservativeStatement

“....approved by city officials to reduce restaurant waste.“

...and, mark my words, to increase government waste.


6 posted on 01/23/2019 8:26:19 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.”)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Free needles and syringes plus you can freely shat on any sidewalk or street corner but no straws or paper cups allowed.

The land of fruits and nuts has been taken over by a whole new level of crazy.


7 posted on 01/23/2019 8:31:07 PM PST by Boomer ( Leftism is toxic poison to a free society.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

They mis-spelled “Tax”. Jus Sayin’.


8 posted on 01/23/2019 8:37:08 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Boomer

And that will be looked upon as “the good old days.”


9 posted on 01/23/2019 8:37:54 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I think those needles to shoot up also are ‘free.’


10 posted on 01/23/2019 8:43:32 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: ConservativeStatement

Good idea, ‘cuz San Francisco is not expensive enough as it is.


11 posted on 01/23/2019 8:46:20 PM PST by econjack
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yup, there’s nothing cleaner than a used cup being stored in your purse. Expect more diseases.


12 posted on 01/23/2019 8:50:24 PM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . ")
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Everyone with their own cup which nobody knows if it’s clean - what could go wrong.


13 posted on 01/23/2019 8:52:11 PM PST by lecram
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To: GOP Poet

Yes, they are.


14 posted on 01/23/2019 8:59:21 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

portion control will be fun - not to mention sanitation issues. Will they have cup police at the door?


15 posted on 01/23/2019 9:03:29 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: aimhigh

They will then demand and pass a law requiring any place that serves drinks, to have a cup washing station available for patrons.


16 posted on 01/23/2019 9:06:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Wont have to, there will ve enough nosy finks to complain if they dont like what a business is doing.


17 posted on 01/23/2019 9:07:16 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Oatka

In the soviet union was there no bitter tear?


18 posted on 01/23/2019 9:08:46 PM PST by erkelly
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To: GOP Poet

You are correct.


19 posted on 01/23/2019 9:12:15 PM PST by BunnySlippers (LQBTQ)
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To: aimhigh

Good point. It’s almost as if these left wing cities are trying to encourage hazmat scenarios and illnesses in their cities. Perhaps they want people to die, bring bac ancient disease?


20 posted on 01/23/2019 9:14:11 PM PST by Professional
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