A contamination-reduction campaign draws an angry response from some residents, and New York City approves a ban on polystyrene foam food-service items (again).
Miniature liquor bottles are proposed for inclusion in a state’s bottle bill, and building tenants in Chicago make some noise after their landlords’ failure to provide recycling service.
This story originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of Resource Recycling.
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San Francisco has approved a wide-ranging ban on expanded polystyrene products. The policy goes into effect next year.
Legislation introduced in San Francisco would extend the city’s current ban on expanded polystyrene food-service items to packaging and a host of other products.
An appeals court in New York has rejected an attempt by the New York City Department of Sanitation to restore a ban on expanded polystyrene food-service products.
Officials at New York City’s Department of Sanitation intend to fight a court ruling that halted a city ban on expanded polystyrene food service products.
In a controversial move, New York City has banned foam foodservice products on the grounds that they cannot be efficiently recycled through a curbside collection system.
Fresh details have emerged about the push by plastics players to halt a proposed ban on foodservice EPS containers in New York City.
After months of lobbying against a potential ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam in New York City, EPS manufacturer Dart Container has offered the city a deal: Include foam in the city’s curbside pick-up program and the company will buy it – and recycle it – on its own.