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Uploaded: Friday, September 7, 2012, 8:46 AM                                            
Updated: Sunday, September 9, 2012, 10:44 PM

Styrofoam gone on Nov. 1
Menlo Park ban takes effect soon

by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff

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That might be an exaggeration, but the Menlo Park City Council did pass an ordinance banning the use of polystyrene containers by food vendors, and the new law takes effect Nov. 1.

The ordinance does not prohibit polystyrene for use with pre-packaged foods or eggs, according to the city, or for non-food uses. It does not include straws, lids or utensils.

Environmental Programs manager Rebecca Fotu said the ordinance is a cost-effect way to help Menlo Park meet a federal mandate to reduce litter in storm drains and waterways by 40 percent by 2014.

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Posted by Robert Cronin, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Sep 20, 2012 at 10:19 am

As long as styrofoam cannot be recycled, its use should be prohibited or at least discouraged. Styrofoam does not break down in landfills.
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