Working to ban Styrofoam-type products and other one-use disposable plastics in Seattle.
Community polystyrene ban ordinances around the U.S.
The number of communities that are banning polystyrene is growing. Below is a list of areas that have polystyrene bans in place. Soon, Seattle will be on this list!
Portland, OR
Our sister city to the south has had a ban on polystyrene since 1989. The City of Portland prohibits food vendors from using polystyrene as prepared food packaging. Click here to read Portland's polystyrene ordinance.
Oakland, CA -
The City of Oakland recently passed a polystyrene ordinance that requires food vendors to replace polysytrene prepared food packaging with biodegradable or compostable. Click here to read Oakland's polystyrene ordinance.
Click here to read Oakland City Council Member Jean Quan's letter to the Public Works Committee regarding banning polystyrene (this is a great document!)
Berkeley, CA -
In 1990, the City of Berkeley became one of the first communities to ban polystyrene. Berkeley's ordinance prohibits the use of polystyrene in prepared food packaging and mandates that at least fifty precent of other materials used in prepared food packaging be recyclable. Click here to read Berkeley's polystyrene ordinance.
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