SAN FRANCISCO -- A bill that would ban long, paper receipts has cleared its first hurdle in the state legislature.
The bill would require businesses that earn more than $1 million a year to give electronic receipts unless customers ask for a printed one.
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The measure by San Francisco Assemblyman Phil Ting passed its first committee vote Monday.
Ting says it would remove tons of paper from landfills.
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Paper receipts can't be recycled because they're coated with chemicals.