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Bans take out containers and peanut packing foam. Hey maybe you can carry your take out home in your green bags. The cofee may be a little harder.
"New Yorkers’ beloved foam takeout and delivery food containers will soon be products of a bygone era.
Mayor de Blasio — finishing off an initiative begun by his predecessor — will announce a ban on the environmentally unfriendly material Thursday, according to The New York Times."
Styrofoam containers are not biodegradable, splinter into small pieces and end up in storm drains and eventually into water ways impacting fisheries. Several cities have already banned them, makes a lot of sense.
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