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According to Plastics News, fossil-based plastics are in the crosshairs of both the budding U.S./China trade war and New York City’s government with their EPS foam ban. CBS New York also reported on the June ruling by Judge Margaret Chan’s decision to reject the Restaurant Action Alliance lawsuit which has tried to fight the ban. The […]
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Europe is leading the attack against plastics pollution by proposing a ban against the most common plastic items that end up in waterways and on the beaches of the world. From CNBC: “The European Commission on Monday proposed banning single-use plastic products such as cotton buds and plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up […]
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A new study by a group of scientists now estimates the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” to be 79,000 tons of plastic. This is “four to 16 times larger than previously estimated.” The other surprising find was that 46 percent of it is made up of fishing gear. Netting and other fishing gear entangles whales, turtles and other large […]
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Another sign of the times, Hawaii has taken action to ban EPS Foam containers often used in restaurants and by other vendors in January 2019. In addition, the bill would make vendors explain proper disposal of non-reusable food containers to their customers. Styrofoam container bans are already in effect for other portions of Hawaii, including […]
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Baltimore’s Ban on Styrofoam: Baltimore sits on the Chesapeake Bay, which washes out to the Atlantic Ocean. In an effort to curb the water pollution that harms wildlife, the city is set to ban all of the polystyrene foam (“styrofoam“) containers used in the restaurant industry, with full support of city’s mayor, Catherine E. Pugh. February 26, […]
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This is why Nature-Pack has developed biodegradable containers for the food and shipping industries. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to outlaw a host of commonly used foam products, in a move hailed as the nation’s most extensive such ban. The ban applies to polystyrene food packaging, packing peanuts, to-go containers, […]
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