(AP) — Honolulu food vendors won’t be allowed to provide customers with plastic utensils under a new law that takes effect this week. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports a city ordinance will prohibit plastic forks, knives, spoons, straws, stir sticks, picks and sushi grass. The rules were originally due to kick in on Jan. 1, but were postponed for 90 days because of the hardship they would place on businesses during the pandemic and to allow for more public education. Vendors may provide disposable utensils, but only if they do not contain plastic derived from petroleum. The ordinance becomes effective Thursday, April 1, 2021.

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