SACRAMENTO - Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of dollars in an industry where profit margins are razor thin.
The bill by state Senator Alan Lowenthal, a Democrat, would prohibit restaurants, grocery stores, and other vendors from dispensing food in expanded polystyrene containers beginning in 2016. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2011/08/29/california_could_be_first_state_to_ban_foam_containers/
Article courtesy of The Boston Globe Green Blog by Associated Press
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