Legislation to phase out plastic foam food ware advances – WICS (Springfield)

Already, eight states and roughly 200 cities and municipalities have enacted bans on polystyrene foam containers. The EPA estimates that 22 million pounds of plastic enter the Great Lakes each year, and just over half of that ends up in Lake Michigan alone.
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Giddyap
3 years ago

Foam containers helped restaurants do take out/food delivery during the pandemic — saving business and jobs — and allowing families to safely access food. Of course Illinois Democrats want to destroy anything that makes that much sense.

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