Foam Free Seattle

Welcome to Foam-Free Seattle

Working to ban Styrofoam-type products and other one-use disposable plastics in Seattle.

Links to more information

Environmental Protection Agency's website on styrene
OSHA web resource on styrene exposure
Centers for Disease Control styrene fact sheet
Californians Against Waste's expanded polystyrene page
Learn more about the compostable and biodegradable alternatives to polystyrene packaging
Click here to access the California Integrated Waste Management Board 2004 report on polystyrene use in California

Recent media coverage

Seattle P-I - 7.9.08

KOMO4 News - 7.8.08

KING5 News - 7.8.08

Listen here to the in-depth zero waste discussion on KUOW's Weekday.

Here's a story about 9-year-old Tyler's quest for a foam free Seattle.

Click here to read "Taking out the Styrofoam Trash" by Chris Miller in a past issue of Real Change Newspaper.

Click here to check out our article in the April '07 issue of PCC's Sound Consumer.