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Friday, February 15, 2013

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Wants to Ban Plastic-Foam Food Packaging. Should We?

Is it time to squash the Styrofoam?

  In addition to bans on trans fats, smoking in public places and jumbo sodas, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to enact a city-wide ban on plastic-foam food packaging used in takeout boxes, cups and trays, reports Patch. The ban would affect restaurants, bodegas and public schools, if passed. There is no such ban in the City of Chicago, though the measure was proposed and failed a few years ago. Several environmental and activist groups, like No Foam Chicago, are still pushing for it. Mayor Bloomberg made the case for New York in his final State of the City address on Thursday. In his speech, the mayor compared the dangers of such packaging materials to lead paint and warned of its environmental impact, reported Yahoo! News. "…

illinihawkmom

5:30 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013

Recycling polystyrene is an after thought. Using other biodegradable materials for packaging is a better way. I agree, give insentives to companies that recycle and use alternative materials. It is difficult to recycle the foam and if it goes to a landfill there is no chance of it ever disappearing. Plastics are made from oil so less plastic less oil dependancy.   more ›

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