The Seattle-Post Intelligencer reported yesterday the city of Seattle is considering enacting a comprehensive ban on polystyrene foam packaging items commonly used in food packaging. The proposed ban would also enact a twenty cent fee on both paper and plastic bags.
If passed the polystyrene foam ban would outlaw items including plates, trays, clamshells, cups, meat trays and egg cartons at stores and restaurants. The ban would have a major impact on the grocery industry as well as fast food takeout packaging.
As Sustainable is Good reported last week companies like Murrays Chicken are already working with packaging suppliers to eliminate the use of foam trays in their fresh meat packaging. Murrays is leading the way with their new packaging already available in stores in the Northeast. The company no longer uses a foam tray in its packaging.
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