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To: RealMuLan who wrote (60949)	12/21/2006 1:34:34 PM
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Styrofoam containers on way out S.F., OAKLAND TO BAN PLASTIC AT EATERIES By Mary Anne Ostrom Mercury News mercurynews.com Maria J. Avila / Mercury News Take-out junkies beware. Hoping to get the plastic out of fast food, San Francisco and Oakland are about to ban food establishments from using styrofoam. The cities say it's not a war on fast-food joints, but a common sense step to stem plastics pollution at a time when new biodegradable alternatives are coming to market. Polystyrene foam, better known as styrofoam, is just the start. In Oakland and San Francisco, the new laws not only ban the foam but also encourage food establishments to reduce their use of all plastic in favor of materials that are biodegradable or can be composted, such as SpudWare, the trademark for cutlery made of potato-starch. Banning polystyrene has been on the political agenda for years. Berkeley led the nation with the first such ban more than a generation ago. Now, Oakland will enact a ban Jan 1., followed by San Francisco on June 1. San Jose environmental officials are closely watching what other cities are doing. And other cities, including Emeryville, Livermore and Capitola, have shown an interest in bans, too, all in the name of reducing plastic waste in landfills and the environment. ...