The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors this morning will consider an ordinance prohibiting the use of polystyrene food and beverage containers at restaurants, food trucks and other vendors.
The ordinance would go into effect May 1, 2020, and would only affect businesses operating on unincorporated county land.
Certain polystyrene products would be exempt, such as the trays used to package raw meat, reusable foam ice chests and pre-packaged food items. There would also be a process for vendors to request a one-year hardship exemption from the public works department.
Acting on a suggestion received during a public outreach effort conducted by the county, staff looked into the possibility of encouraging the use of compostable food and beverage containers, but recommended against
doing so because solid waste services throughout much of the county do not have separate collection options for food waste and food-contaminated compostables.
Moreover, compostable food containers that end up in a landfill would generate more greenhouse gases than polystyrene, according to county staff. More information can be found by consulting their report online at
https://bit.ly/2l9m7bW.
Enforcing the prohibition is expected to cost the county about $25,000 per year, and that money will come from stormwater utility assessment funds.
Today’s meeting of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in the board chambers at 651 Pine St. in Martinez.
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YOU’RE STEALING MY CHILDHOOD
HOW DARE YOU
I don’t think you’re a strident, hysterical, brainwashed teenage girl being exploited by her parents and other leftists. But then again you could be.
@ Carpe Cat – Exactly my thoughts after seeing part of the U.N. hearing yesterday. I feel sorry for that girl – she is being used. Plus, she is on the Autism spectrum, has Obessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Asperger Syndrome. One would think her parents would try to protect her – but they are in show business and probably love the publicity.
Hasn’t this already been done?
Let the free market decide.
Or maybe you don’t remember what free is.
Municipal government bureaucrats and career whore politicians would be out of business if the dumbass constituents held there representatives to our founding principles:
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES
FREE MARKETS
Where in the world has there ever been such a thing as a “free market”? It is not a solution but sounds good to business people. Without some regulation you’ll wind up getting poisoned… more than you are now. 😉
@Captain Bebops – July 4, 1776
It worked very well for a long time.
I support this sensible restriction.
Of all the problems this county has, this is how they spend their time ? ? ?
B b b but… what about the homeless?
“Moreover, compostable food containers that end up in a landfill would generate more greenhouse gases than polystyrene, according to county staff.” So what’s the solution? I know, bring your own ceramic or metal containers to food trucks and restaurants (doggie bags). No more prepared food deliveries/take out.
Got ourselves in a little bit of a fix haven’t we? We should have been more proactive about this instead of waiting until the garbage piled so much we could no longer ignore it.
ZZ, the answer is simple. Just ban food and beverages.
Problem solved!
More needs to be done! We will survive.
No. Actually, we won’t. We will eventually be extinct. The earth, on the other hand, will be just fine without us until the next civilization comes along and tries to destroy it.
We will certainly have left our mark on the old place.
It starts off small and ends up big. Whats next no Natural Gas in new construction. If things keep going how will I be Cremated ? I know they will do it the solar way and let me dry on the roof like Beef Jerky.
@The Wizard… Or with a giant magnifying glass on a sunny day.
You will be processed into food wafers.
“Soylent Green Is People!”
wow the democrat attack on inanimate objects is on a terror
shoes with holes in them ..in other words holy shoes will be next since they would be considered republican and a danger
as well as credit cards ….oooohhh plastic and connected to free enterprise
so out with them as well
the anti inanimate attack has begun the democrats are out to govern the inanimate and deny the future to choice and freedom ….
free citizens from indentured slavery of voters to hand outs from democrats
work not votes …..that is the key to greatness ….just vote for work and win for everyone ….
Are you on drugs? If not, have you considered taking them?
Stop wasting time and over taxed dollars we continue to get hit with. Do something useful for once. How about repealing Prop 47 for a start?
Remember the scene in The Jerk?
It’s the cans! He hates the cans. Stay away from the cans!
Yea, it’s like that.
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