New York City, Feb 16, 2013 – On Thursday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed banning polystyrene food packaging. He made the statement while giving the Mayors State of the City Address. The idea of banning polystyrene food containers is not new. Way back in 1989, Sonoma County, California…
Releases BYOB Ordinance 1st-Year Results San Jose, CA, Feb. 14, 2012 – San Jose, California passed it’s Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) ordinance on Dec. 14, 2010. The ordinance went into effect on Jan. 1st, 2012. Since that time, the city has also been working to ban the use of…
Menlo Park, California, Aug. 31, 2012 (PBBR) – Effective November 1st, all food vendors in the city of Menlo Park, will be prohibited from dispensing prepared food in polystyrene containers. On Tuesday, August 28th the Menlo Park City Council adopted San Mateo County’s Polystyrene Food Ware Ordinance. The ordinance applies…
City Council Committee to Consider Ordinance | Plastic Bag Ban Report Portland, Maine, June 25, 2012 (PBBR) – Maine’s largest metropolitan area, the city of Portland, is considering a ban on polystyrene containers. The City Council voted unanimously at its regular meeting on June 18 to direct the Committee on…
Paper Cup Test in 2,000 Units | Plastic Bag Ban Report McDonald’s Corp. recently confirmed that it is taking a major step toward possible phase‐out of polystyrene foam beverage cups. The company recently notified As You Sow, the shareholder advocacy organization, that: “McDonald’s is currently testing a double‐walled fiber hot…
Prohibiting Polystyrene Containers February 2, 2012 — A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature that, if passed, would allow cities or towns to ban the sale and use of polystyrene containers. Polystyrene containers are the foam containers used by most restaurants and food stores to package carry-out food…
The City Council of San Leandro approved a partial ban on polystyrene packaging at its October 3rd, 2011 regular meeting. The ban will take effect on November 1st, 2012. Mike Katz-Lacabe supplies details of the City Council meeting and what the ban entails in an article he published on his…
Becoming eco-friendly is possible, even if this concept is new to you . .
I do not mind the plastic bag ban at all..... I say everyone stop whining . . .
It was great to read about a younger generation drawing attention to environmental issues.
Just to follow up on what Andy said, in the UK some supermarkets now charge for plastic bags
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