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Having Solved All Other Problems, California Will Now Ban Paper Receipts

Emily Zanotti

California has apparently solved all of its major problems and will now embark on a quest to rid the state of its one and only remaining menace: long paper receipts.

Fox News reports that California is following up its plastic bag ban and subsequent plastic straw ban with a “paper receipt ban” designed to save the environment by forcing stores to send electronic receipts or text receipts rather than provide paper proof of purchase.

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