San Francisco Supervisors Vote to Ban Foam Food Packaging, Beach Toys

摘要

San Francisco approved a landmark law that would ban nearly all foam in food ware and limits its use in packaging. San Francisco supervisors unanimously approved July 12 the law that expands the city's 10-year-old ban on foam carry out containers to prohibit the sale and use of foam beach float devices, coolers and packing peanuts and any material that isn't compostable or recyclable despite opposition from the American Chemi- cal Society and Expanded Polystyrene Industry Alliance. Exceptions will be made for packaging that comes into the city with foam protecting appliances, computers, furniture and medicine and for a written request for up to a 36-month hardship exemption.