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Ban Styrofoam (polystyrene) in Albany County

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Linda
7 years ago

Please expand the ban of Styrofoam to include the take-out food and drinks in Albany County!

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Jonathan Fishbein
7 years ago

It's about time to ban Styrofoam! We should also ban all plastic straws and replace them with paper.

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Gail R Volk
7 years ago

I am a resident of Albany County and am asking you to do what you can to reduce Styrofoam usage by expanding the ban to include take-out food and drinks in the county.

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Anonymous
7 years ago

My class wrote letters 2 years ago and convinced Dave Swift to stop using styrofoam! We all can do it together!

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Laura A Davis
7 years ago

Even McDonald's gave up styrofoam years ago! Surely Albany can be more progressive and find better solutions to food storage than styrofoam!!! Thank you!

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Elana Cohen
7 years ago

Please stand up to the plastics lobby bullies who want to pollute our water and land for their profits, and then make us taxpayers clean up after them. According to a March 2018 study from OrbMedia.org and SUNY Fredonia, 93% of bottled water worldwide contains an average of 325 particles of plastic per liter. Of that, 11% is polystyrene aka Styrofoam. Banning it from all food service establishments is a step in the right direction and will serve as an example to other communities.

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Mark Warford
7 years ago

A great move for our planet and community! Please pass this bill!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Come on. The president is doing enough to ruin our country and planet. Keep our little corner a little safer. Be responsible or lose your job.

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laura
9 years ago

Theres many better options.

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Timothy Gailie
9 years ago

I am all in on this.

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Brenda Wardner
9 years ago

It's about time! Styrene is a carcinogen with estrogenic properties which has been found along with parabens in excised breast cancer tumor tissue at the University of Reading in England. It lines disposable paper coffee and soup containers as well as lining food cans. It especially leaches out into acidic foods and beverages such as Italian food and coffee.

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Mark Bertozzi
9 years ago

It's the right thing to do for us and for the environment.

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Sue Buda
9 years ago

I support this ban.

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Ray Bromley
9 years ago

Please act to save out environment and facilitate the transition to environmental sustainability

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Martha mock
9 years ago

I'm all for it-let's get rid of Styrofoam!

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Fran Porter
9 years ago

Please reduce the taxpayer burden associated with landfills. Styrofoam consumes space forever.

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Deborah J Garth
9 years ago

I completely support the BAN on the use of Styrofoam in Albany County.......NOW

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Marley Bonacquist-Currin
9 years ago

#freefromfoam

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Larry Deyss
9 years ago

Styrofoam has had it day. It is now time to find a way that is more responsive to caring for our planet. Styrofoam not only adds to landfills, it also get into the oceans and small particles are eaten by fish and get into the food chain and then we ingest it without knowing.

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Raya
9 years ago

Let's clean this mess up!