Assembly Bill 161 by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) said his bill is an easy way to reduce paper waste in the state while addressing consumers’ frustrations with excessively long receipts. “Who holds on to paper receipts anymore?" Once they are thrown away, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, or CalRecycle, said the use of chemicals on paper receipts makes them undesirable to recyclers. The American Forest and Paper Assn., a paper industry group that opposes the bill, estimates that the United States generates 180,000 tons of paper receipts each year. The bill would give businesses until 2022 to provide customers electronic receipts, or a paper printout available on request.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 26, 2019 02:26 UTC