New York City has officially become the largest jurisdiction in the United States to ban polystyrene foam food and beverage containers. On January 1st, the city’s new policy went into effect after a five-year lobbying and litigation effort from the plastics industry to upend the city’s environmental initiative. Back in 2013, the City Council authorized the statute that states NYC restaurants, food vendors, and stores can’t possess, sell, or offer polystyrene foam containers for food and...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/new-york-city-bans-polystyrene-foam-staring-january-1
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