PROHIBIT RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES AND OTHER VENDORS FROM DISPENSING FOOD IN EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE CONTAINERS AS CONTAINERS. MANY CITIES AND COUNTIES ALREADY HAVE SIMILAR BANS.
Why is this important?
IT'S NOT BIODEGRADABLE, IT'S NOT COMPOSTABLE AND LASTS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THE CHEMICALS USED TO MANUFACTURE THE FOAM PRODUCTS ARE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND DANGEROUS TO CONSUMERS.
A TYPICAL FOAM CONTAINER LEACHES STYRENE WHEN IT'S IN CONTACT WITH HEAT, FATS, GREASE OR ACIDS.
