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In 2019, the European Parliament voted 560 to 35 to ban all food and beverage containers made from expanded polystyrene throughout the European Union member states. [2] Canada amended its 'Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999' in 2022 to prohibit foodservice ware made of expanded or extruded polystyrene, and also polyvinyl chloride ...
In 2013, the mayor of New York City proposed banning foam food containers for both health and environmental reasons. [9] Implementation of this plan was put on hold while the ban was litigated by restaurant owners and polystyrene manufacturers. After three years of litigation, a judge ruled in favor of the city.
Plastic bag, straw, and polystyrene food container ban. 10-cent charge for recyclable paper bags. [272] Springfield Township (Montgomery County) August 9, 2023 February 1, 2024 Single-use plastic bag ban. [273] Borough of Swarthmore: June 12, 2023 January 8, 2024 SIngle-use plastic bag ban, expanded polystyrene, and #6 polystyrene ban. [274]
Its 625-page state budget included 50 lines barring any North Carolina city or county from prohibiting, taxing or otherwise regulating retail packaging, including banning Styrofoam food containers.
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The European Union Plastic Products Directive 2019 banned single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks and cotton buds; cups, food and beverage containers made of expanded polystyrene, and all products made of oxo-degradable plastic, and to fishing gear containing plastic. [2]
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In 2016, Sikkim, India's first fully organic state, [297] banned the use of not only packaged drinking water bottles in any government meetings or functions but also food containers made from polystyrene foam all over the state. [298] Himachal Pradesh was the first state to ban plastic bags less than 30 μm.