First they did away with plastic grocery bags in Los Angeles. Now plastic straws could be next in line.

A trio of L.A. City Council members said Wednesday they want to join other cities that have come out with regulation limiting the use of plastic straws at restaurants, in an effort to reduce non-biodegradable waste that ends up polluting the ocean and other environments.

The cities of Davis and San Luis Obispo have already adopted regulation requiring restaurants to only provide plastic straws if a customer requests them. Berkeley is also considering a similar law.

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A motion authored by Hollywood area Councilman Mitch O’Farrell and San Fernando Valley-based Councilwoman Nury Martinez calls for city staffers to return in two months with a report on implementing a similar “straws on request” ordinance to wean people off the use of the popular beverage-conveying implement. That motion was seconded by Councilman Mike Bonin, who represents Venice and Westchester.

But just as with the plastic bag ban that began as local laws in places like Los Angeles, state lawmakers may also be getting on board with the idea. Whittier-based Assemblyman Ian Calderon introduced a bill this week calling for restaurants, except for fast food eateries, to stop giving out plastic straws unless someone asks for them.

The council motion also asks that staffers look for such legislation and consider adopting positions on it.

They also said the city may want to look into giving restaurants and food service providers the option of providing non-plastic straws, since ones made out of paper or other materials are now also available.

The proposal come amid growing concern that plastic straws are cropping up as unsightly and environmentally harmful litter in storm drains, landfills and parks. A viral video showing members of a marine research team extracting a straw from the nostril of a turtle has also drawn some popular attention to the matter.

O’Farrell said Los Angeles has a duty “as a coastal city” to take on the “damaging consequences of using plastic straws, one of the top pollutants harming the environment and endangering our marine wildlife.”

Martinez said she supports the idea because “too many (straws) are ending up in our landfills, on our streets and in the ocean.”

“We need to move past our dependency on plastic straws,” she said.