California to Ban Styrofoam
Styrofoam is the worst.
PERIOD.
It's made from oil, not biodegradable, and is one of the leading pollutants we encounter along shores and waterways. According to the EPA, we toss away 25 billion styrofoam cups every year- every year. And since most of these cups take about 500 years to degrade, something needs to be done. While the Dutch Ministry of the Environment and Starbucks' Green Team are two groups out in front, I am thrilled to see the state of California taking such strong initiative to ban these plastic fockers.
Our hope lies in bill SB 568 and in the California Assembly when they vote by the end of August.
Other cities leading the way are San Francisco, Oakland, Portland and Toronto. Kudos to them.
What's the alternative? Carry a reusable. And when that's not an option, there are some other great innovations in disposables underway. Eben Bayer argues for the fungus among us, aka Ecocradle. And we'd like to agree.
Keep creating Eben! Much respect + appreciation for your work from Holstee.
