Let's ban take-out food
From MyNewsLA
Those take-out food containers of polystyrene — often called Styrofoam — would be banned in Los Angeles under a motion introduced Friday by two City Council members.
In addition to take-out containers, the material is used for numerous other manufacturing purposes, including medical devices, red drink cups for beer pong, packing materials and even surfboards.
City Councilman, Paul Koretz, introduced the motion with Councilman Bob Blumenfield. “Because polystyrene doesn’t biodegrade, it can absorb toxins found in the ocean, which poses a danger to marine species that mistake foam for food,” Koretz said. “The fish and wildlife are the barometer of the health of our larger environment. I’m gravely concerned that the food chain will continue to grow ever more toxic if we don’t exchange our bad habits for better ones.”
“Now more than ever, we in Los Angeles and in California must stand up and fight to protect our environment and ensure that future generations enjoy clean mountains and beaches,” Blumenfield said.
“Polystyrene is dangerous, toxic and is an unnecessary product. It is our duty to protect our environment regardless of what is happening in Washington, D.C. With people like Scott Pruitt running the EPA, reversing decades of environmental progress, it is up to us to make sure that California’s beauty is protected.”
Hey, you city council clowns, leave my take-out food alone! If Styrofoam is banned, how will people be able to take away food they buy? For instance, weekly I get take-out Chinese food and it comes in a Styrofoam container. Weekly I get a delicious tuna sandwich and a side of potato salad at my local deli, and it comes in a Styrofoam container.
In many cases, there IS no alternative for these Styrofoam containers!!! And the out-of-touch f-ing L.A. City Council morons think it's an "unnecessary product"??? Obviously, these clowns don't get take-out.
The stupid crazy L.A. City Council clowns, in their overly-zealous environmental frenzy to ban Styrofoam, are interfering with MY food chain! Leave my take-out food alone!
Instead of playing with Styrofoam, why don't you L.A. city council clowns fix the REAL problems facing Los Angeles: traffic congestion, unaffordable housing, and high taxes.
