ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland became the first state in the nation to ban expanded polystyrene foam food packaging with the successful passage of state legislation in Annapolis Wednesday.
Sponsored in the State House by District 46 Delegate Brooke Lierman and in the State Senate by District 17 Senator Cheryl Kagan, the bills ban the use of EPS foam cups, plates, and containers, as well as their retail sale, beginning in July of 2020. The packaging is still allowed to be used for foods like raw meat, poultry, and seafood prior to receipt by a food service business.
EPS foam is more problematic than other trash litter, according to a statement by Trash Free Maryland. It breaks down into smaller pieces more easily and quickly, making it more difficult to clean up, and a particular problem for water ways, where such substances break down into “micro plastics” that are digested by marine creatures. At the molecular level the materials can even affect water sources and consumer products for people.
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4 comments:
Yea that should be priority agenda!!
Maryland does it again screw the small businesses. Another bad decision for small business. People will be less likely to go out and eat, since minimum wages are on the rise and now you have to pay more for carry out and doggie bags. These decisions drives up the food cost. The Senior Citizen is denied a once a week pleasure or families are denied a family night out because of the rise in cost. If I could I would leave MD and live where common sense rules.
Maryland loves to be first regardless of the consequences.
Doggy BAG. Oink
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