De Blasio bans Styrofoam citywide
In with cell phones and out with Styrofoam.
Just one day after he lifted the ban on cell phones in city schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his administration’s newest “no” – a ban on single-use Styrofoam products such as “packing peanuts,” coffee cups and clamshell containers that some local residents seem to be getting behind.
“Though I rarely agree with him, it’s about time,” said Sunset Park resident Julia Moses, noting specifically the insufficiency of clamshell, or take-out, containers. “Those containers aren’t just bad for the environment – they’re useless,” she said. “I recently had take-out delivered in some and the entire meal was ruined – spilled out everywhere.”