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SUSTAINABILITY - ACTION ITEM - Receive and Discuss a Presentation from Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) Regarding the 4B Plastic Ban Proposal.
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Meeting Date: June 5, 2025
Contact Person: Wallis Nash, EPO - Public Works Department
Phone: (310) 253-6445
Fiscal Impact: Yes [ ] No [X] General Fund: Yes [ ] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [ ] No [X]
Public Notification: Email via GovDelivery (06/02/2025): Meetings and Agendas - Sustainability Subcommittee, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission; Stay Informed - Community Gardening, Sustainability and Environmental Issues, Urban Forest Management, Environmental Programs and Events
Department Approval: Yanni Demitri, Public Works Director / City Engineer (05/15/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Sustainability Subcommittee receive and discuss a presentation by Ballona Creek Renaissance regarding the 4B plastic bans (proposals to restrict the sale and use of plastic beverage bottles, plastic bags, balloons and smoking). The Subcommittee may give staff new or additional direction regarding presentation of the bans to City Council.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On March 23, 2023, Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) presented to the City Council Sustainability Subcommittee four proposals aimed at removing pollutants from the region's waterways. BCR presented a breakdown of items that are most commonly found in Coastal Cleanup events, showing that cigarette butts and plastic beverage bottles make up close to 40% of the debris that is collected from waterways.
The proposed restrictions were called the 4B plastic reduction proposals because each item began with a letter "B."
* The first proposal is a ban prohibition on local sales and use of single-use plastic beverage bottles ("bottles"), which would amend the City's existing Waste Reduction Regulations, Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) Chapter 5.07. This propos...
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