Palo Alto bans PS take-out packaging
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As PlasticsNews.com reports, Palo Alto, CA, is joining a growing list of communities in California, most of them in coastal areas, that have banned the use of polystyrene take-out food packaging. The ban, which goes into effect April 22, 2010, applies to containers, clamshells, bowls, plates, cartons, and cups, but not straws, utensils, or hot cup lids.
“Part of the rationale for a ban was the economy and the recycling markets in general,” says Mike Levy, director of the Plastics Foodservice Packaging Group of the American Chemistry Council in Arlington, VA. “It is a difficult decision for a city to add recycling when the market is down.”
Palo Alto becomes the 23rd California city to ban PS take-out packaging. There is also one county-wide ban in Santa Cruz, and four California cities and one county prohibit the use of PS packaging at municipal facilities.
Seattle also has a ban on PS take-out packaging that went into effect Jan. 1, and Philadelphia and the state of California are weighing proposals to ban PS take-out packaging.
Read the full story, “Palo Alto, Calif., votes to ban PS take-out food packaging.”
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I think this is an excellent idea. The users of these take-out boxes should be educated prior to the ban.
I suggest that you tell as many people about it and circulate this article.
You should also tell moms about this, once such community is the bizymoms Palo-alto community
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