Category: Styrofoam

Los Angeles to Ban Sale, Distribution of Styrofoam Products

December 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council voted to ban the sale or distribution of Styrofoam products Dec. 6. The ordinance prohibits the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene products—commonly referred to as Styrofoam—for businesses with more than 26 employees beginning in April 2023, and for smaller businesses in April 2024. “Today, the second largest city…

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San Diego Bans Styrofoam Products Starting April 2023

November 17, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—Styrofoam products are on their way out in San Diego following Nov. 15’s City Council approval of an ordinance banning all single-use polystyrene foam food containers, utensils, coolers, and pool toys effective next year. According to a staff presentation at Tuesday’s meeting, while Styrofoam products are accepted in the city’s blue recycling bins, it…

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Refrigerators Part of the Cleanup on B.C. Beaches After Containers Spilled From Ship

November 2, 2021
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VICTORIA—Dozens of refrigerators and bags of Styrofoam and garbage have been picked up from a remote Vancouver Island beach as the cleanup has started from 109 shipping containers that fell overboard from a ship off Victoria. The Canadian Coast Guard says in a statement that 71 refrigerators, 81 bags of Styrofoam and 19 bags of…

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