I wish they would ban stryofoam in Charleston! (York: how much, live)

[wildwoodflower]

Just moved in and realized I am going to have a huge problem with basic lack of enviornmental concern here. The biggest being the wide spread use of styrofoam!

Ever resturaunt and even fast food place uses SO much styrofoam! I couldn't believe it. Such a huge enviornmental concern. It disgusts me.

I wish the city would follow suit of some of the west coast states and ban the terrible consumer waste product. It's terrible! I seriously cannot believe that even soft drinks around here are served in these gross cups!

I understand the city is not going to be as green as other states... but gosh! This seems like it should be ano brainer! Ugh.

[OrangeCountyGirl]

Take your own CLEAN cup and explain to restaurants and fast food joints as to why you're doing this.

Lead by example and encourage others to do what is right for the environment. But, don't be surprised when very few people around here care.

[tennreb]

I like styrofoam. Keeps your drink much colder/warmer and doesn't sweat. And it uses a much smaller amount of plastic than Solo cups do.

[wildwoodflower]

it is so bad for the planet. it is the worst kinda trash there is in ladfills. really sad people think that is work a cold drink. and ew. i hate how strofoam feels in your hands or to drink from. gross. toxic.

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by wildwoodflower

it is so bad for the planet. it is the worst kinda trash there is in ladfills.

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Sad but true, very few people think your way in Charleston, and that goes double for the rest of SC.

[elvislives]

I wonder how much pollution occurs every time california catches fire??? They must have their own personal ozone hole by now..

[OleTomCat]

I wish they would ban people coming from somewhere else and trying to make Charleston like where they left.....

[elvislives]

Originally Posted by OleTomCat

I wish they would ban people coming from somewhere else and trying to make Charleston like where they left.....

We can make Cha look just like California all we have to do is set half of it on fire then cover the rest of it in mud and push it in the ocean... Add a couple bloods and crips trying to kill each other. some corrupt cops and 100.000 mexicans and it will look just like home.

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by OleTomCat

I wish they would ban people coming from somewhere else and trying to make Charleston like where they left.....

God help us up here lf we ever tried to become like Charleston, re: pollution:
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From it:
"Charleston, SC Health Index

Air quality in Charleston, SC is 28 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is based on ozone alert days and number of pollutants in the air, as reported by the EPA.
Water quality in Charleston, SC is 50 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators.
Superfund index is 51 on a scale to 100 (higher is better). This is upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts."

PS: That does not mean we're pollution-free either. I just wanted to affirm Wildwood Flowers' concerns.

And of course, there's that pesky radiation problem carried on NW winds:
http://74.125.95.104/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=2&gl=us


From it:

"In November and again in December, 1970, two nuclear rod meltdowns occurred at the Savannah River nuclear weapons plant in Georgia. The plant was operated for the government by DuPont, who never told the public anything about these accidents until Senator John Glenn grilled Dupont officials in public hearings in late 1988. To this day, DuPont claims that no radiation escaped outside the plant, but official government measurements of radioactivity in rain throughout the southeastern U.S. reveal highly suspicious increases immediately after the accidents. In South Carolina in December, 1970, rain carried six times as much radioactivity as it had carried in December, 1969. Radioactivity was also measurable in local fish; fish in the Savannah river contained radiation levels 100,000 times higher than fish sold in New York City in 1971. A child who ate 1/4 pound of catfish from the Savannah River in 1971 would have received a radiation dose equivalent to 20 chest xrays. Infant mortality in South Carolina in January, 1971, was 24% higher than it had been a year earlier; in contrast, infant mortality declined that month over the entire U.S. and over the southeastern states taken as a whole. During the following summer (May through September) infant mortality in South Carolina was 15% higher than it had been the previous year. Again, we are omitting a wealth of detail."


Half-life of Strontium 90 is 29 years, Tom. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

[guttata]

Originally Posted by OleTomCat

I wish they would ban people coming from somewhere else and trying to make Charleston like where they left.....

Wow, so Charleston is utopia? Or are we suppose to blindly live here and keep our mouths shut? Take it or leave it, huh? Ridiculous.

We have recently moved here and enjoy the area. Nothing is perfect. But, beware of the hippies from California trying to ban sytrofoam - they are trying to take over.