Posted on 02/14/2013 6:32:46 AM PST by Pinkbell
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has fought against smoking, big sugary drinks and salty food during his tenure, is setting his sights on a new foe: Styrofoam.
Bloomberg plans to use part of his Thursday State of the City address to push for a ban on Styrofoam food packaging. He also will call for initiatives that would increase the number of parking spaces for electric cars and begin recycling more plastics and food waste
"One product that is virtually impossible to recycle and never bio-degrades is Styrofoam ... something that we know is environmentally destructive and that may be hazardous to our health, that is costing taxpayers money and that we can easily do without, and is something that should go the way of lead paint," Bloomberg will say, according to excerpts of the speech obtained by The Associated Press.
He said his administration would work with the City Council to ban Styrofoam food packaging from stores and restaurants.
"We can live without it," he said. "We may live longer without it. And the doggie bag will survive just fine."
Polystyrene foam, sometimes sold under the brand name Styrofoam, makes lightweight, heat-retaining containers, but environmentalists aren't fans because of how long it takes to break down in trash.
Some communities around the country have barred eateries from using to-go containers made of it. A proposal has stalled in the City Council in recent years.
Steve Russell, vice president of the American Chemistry Council, a trade group, said recycling polystyrene was something to look at instead of a ban.
"The technology exists to recycle polystyrene foam foodservice right now," he said, pointing to efforts in California.
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Bloomberg wants to overtax the power grid in the names of cars that will stop working in a prolonged power outage. What an vile, statist moron he is.
As for the styrofoam, he can come down here to my town and have it after he pries it from my cold, dead hands.
Nanny State PING!
Will Michael Bloomberg do any sting operations on out-of-state styrofoam sellers, the way he did with firearms merchants?
Thanks for the ping!
“One product that is virtually impossible to recycle and never bio-degrades is Styrofoam ...”
Demegagues always use these extreme platitudes, it is the face of tyranny. The seals just bark and clap.
We can just call Emperor Bloomberg what he is here. He is not a liberal or conservative. He is not a D or an R.
Emperor Bloomberg is a freelance tyrant. He got the smokers.
Tyrants need to be beaten. The NRA is doing a good job. The styrofoam lobbyists on K Street have to do their job. Unfortunately that’s the way it works.
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