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List of Local Food Packaging Ordinances
The list of communities that have banned polystyrene takeout food packaging is growing. Below are the areas that have polystyrene bans in place and links to the respective ordinances..
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Alameda Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be recyclable/compostable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Enacted January 2, 2008. The City of Berkeley was one of the first communities to adopt a food packaging ordinance. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that 50%, by volume, of takeout food packaging be recyclable or compostable. Date: Enacted 1988. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be recyclable/compostable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Effective July 1, 2007. After a challenge from the Restaurant Association, Capitola's food packaging ordinance was reinforced June 2007. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be compostable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Enacted December, 2006. Carmel was the second city in California to ban the use of expanded polystyrene food packaging. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that 50% of takeout food packaging be recyclable, compostable or reusable. Date: Enacted 1989. Emeryville's ordinance is comprehensive and requires restaurants to switch to more environmentally-friendly packaging regardless of cost. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be compostable/recyclable. Date: Enacted March, 2007. The Town of Fairfax bans restaurants and retail food vendors from using foamed polystyrene food packaging. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; No affordability clause. Laguna Beach's recently-passed ordinance is the first of its kind in Orange County. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all plastic takeout food packaging be recyclable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Goes into Effect July 1, 2008. The City of Long Beach is currently considering a foamed polystyrene takeout packaging ban. Los Angeles is currently studying a foamed polystyrene ban. At the direction of the LA River Ad Hoc Committee of the City Council Bureau of Sanitation and Environmental Services are currently studying the possibility of banning foamed polystyrene takeout food packaging in LA by 2013. LA County is considering requiring all restaurants to use only takeout food packaging that is compatible with its recycling infrastructure. Malibu has been very successful in enforcing its Expanded Polystyrene ban. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban. Date: Enacted September, 2005. The Millbrae City Council unanimously adopted its ban on solid and foamed polystyrene food packaging Sept 25. Type: Polystyrene Ban (ALL polystyrene, including expanded polystyrene and clear polystyrene); Requirement that all plastic takeout food packaging be recyclable or compostable; No affordability clause. Date: Effective January, 2008. Monterey County is investigating banning expanded polystyrene food packaging county-wide. The City of Oakland requires takeout food packaging be compostable. The City also assesses an excess litter fee on businesses that generate a large proportion of litter in the municipality. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be compostable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Effective June, 2006. The Orange County municipalities of Aliso Viejo, Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, San Clemente, San Jaun Capistrano and the Santa Margarita Water District have banned the use of foamed polystyrene food packaging in certain municipal facilities. Pacific Grove is currently considering an ordinance that would ban EPS takeout food packaging city-wide. Pittsburg, Calif., requires 50% of a restaurant's takeout food packaging be recyclable. Type: Requirement that a percent by volume of takeout food packaging be recyclable. Date: Enacted 1991. The Santa Barbara Department of Public Works is currently preparing a study to introduce an ordinance that would ban foamed polystyrene at the request of the City Council. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be recyclable/compostable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Effective June, 2007. EPS takeout food packaging is banned from county facilities. Date: Enacted April 22, 2008. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban; Requirement that all takeout food packaging be recyclable/compostable; No affordability clause. Date: Enacted January 22, 2008. Santa Cruz County has adopted a comprehensive ban on expanded polystyrene takeout packaging in all food vendors, including non-restaurant food vendors, and will become the first polystyrene-free county when its two remaining municipalities without bans--Scotts Valley and Watsonville--follow suit. Type: Expanded Polystyrene Ban. NOTE: All food vendors affected, not just restaurants. Date: Enacted January 29, 2008. CAW supports Santa Monica's ordinance as a model for other local governments. The ordinance requires that takeout food packaging be compatible with the City's recycling infrastructure. It also bans all polystyrene. Type: Polystyrene Ban (ALL polystyrene, including expanded polystyrene and clear polystyrene); Requirement that all plastic takeout food packaging be recyclable; Contains affordability clause. Date: Effective December 2006. Anyone in a county facility cannot possess, sell or buy expanded polystyrene. South San Francisco has instituted a voluntary phase out of foamed polystyrene takeout food packaging for area restaurants and is considering a mandatory ordinance. Ventura County has a ban on the use of foamed polystyrene in county franchises. Prominent Ordinances in Other States: The Town of Freeport was one of the first U.S. municipalities to ban polystyrene packaging. The Town prohibits the sale or use of foamed polystyrene food packaging. The City of Portland prohibits food vendors from using polystyrene as prepared food packaging. Suffolk County enacted one of the nation's first polystyrene ordinances, and was targeted by the plastics industry with a lawsuit attempting to repeal the ordinance. Restaurants in Suffolk County are prohibited from using foamed polystyrene or PVC food packaging or utensils. More About Polystyrene Waste:
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