Please ban the use of plastic foam packaging. It cannot be recycled and never degrades, making it an environmental hazard. Other cities have already banned this material, saving taxpayers money and helping the environment. Plastic foam is unnecessary, potentially harmful to our health, and wasteful, so please ban it now.
Why is this important?
New York City Mayor Bloomberg wants to ban plastic foam food packaging because, as he said, it is "virtually impossible to recycle and never bio-degrades." New York must deal with about 20,000 tons of plastic foam waste every year, costing taxpayers and the environment.
