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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on February 12, 2010, 10:54:52 AM
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Chicago restaurants, stores and cafeterias would be prohibited from using Styrofoam and other “polystyrene foam” products that clog landfills, under a crackdown proposed Wednesday by the City Council’s most influential alderman.
Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) drafted the ban after learning that Chicago Public Schools use and throw away 35 million Styrofoam lunch trays each year.
If the City Council approves the ban, violators would face fines ranging of up to $300 for the first offense to $500 for subsequent violations. City Hall would be free to grant exemptions, only if there is “no alternative that is both affordable and compostable.”
“I don’t think we’re interested in snapping our fingers and stopping it immediately. But, I don’t see why we can’t explore how to phase in this kind of a change. ... Sometimes, you have to push the envelope a little bit in order to get to where we ought to be.”
David Vite, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, denounced the proposed ban as anti-business and ill-conceived at a time when unemployment stands at 11 percent statewide and even higher in Chicago.
LINK (http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/2041078,chicago-styrofoam-ban-021010.article)
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I wonder if the loser knows what's in automobile bumpers these days. Or what packing peanuts/cushioning material comes from. Or maybe sound dampening materials, flooring, foam core for those pretty little displays, or home insulation, to name a few?
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Damn
I agree with a DUmmie.
A Shitcago DUmmie to boot.
Damn
Styrofoam is evil. Actual useful things made from it like cups, plates or insulation are a hell of alot better than packing styrofoam is. I despise it. It IS toxic waste of the worst order and those fuscking evil packing peanuts are the worst of the worst.
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Damn
I agree with a DUmmie.
A Shitcago DUmmie to boot.
Damn
Styrofoam is evil. Actual useful things made from it like cups, plates or insulation are a hell of alot better than packing styrofoam is. I despise it. It IS toxic waste of the worst order and those fuscking evil packing peanuts are the worst of the worst.
For shipping my company uses cornstarch based packing peanuts, they are biodegradable. I actually ate one while bringing a small group of potential customers through the warehouse. The customers assistant asked why we still used Styrofoam and I popped one in my mouth to explain they're cornstarch - I got the deal too.