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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

California Lawmakers Might Ban Styrofoam Containers

Certain to-go containers could get the heave-ho if a California bill is passed into law.

A bill has been introduced in California that would ban restaurants, grocery stores and other vendors from packaging food in non-biodegradable Styrofoam containers beginning in 2016.


The bill was introduced by Democratic state Senator Alan Lowenthal in an effort to reduce litter from take-out food. Though many California cities have similar bans on the non-biodegradable containers, if passed into law this bill would be the first state-wide measure against Styrofoam in the U.S.


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Styrofoam is awfully bad for the environment. We avoid using it at all costs in my home. Yes, that means I don't patronize facilities that use it.

Anonymous said...

I can't think of any establishment that doesn't use it.

Anonymous said...

If they really cared they would include plastic bottles too!