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TELL US: Should Foam Beverage, Food Containers be Banned?
Residents in MA recently supported a move to ban the use of all foam food and beverage containers, a move that was approved at Special Town Meeting.
One group of residents in Massachusetts has taken a stand against the use of plastic foam food and beverage containers at local restaurants.
A Special Town Meeting in Brookline earlier this week voted to ban the use of polystyrene (plastic foam) food and beverage containers for take-out or to-go at food establishments in town. The ban will go into effect on Dec. 1, 2013.
Meanwhile, some petitions have cropped up, such as on Change.org, calling on Dunkin Donuts to cease use of the cups, citing hazards to the environment.
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Last year, the company said it was looking at alternatives to the material and also weighing the possibility of an in-store recycling program, according to a WHDH report.
But what do you think? Should establishments be allowed to use the material for food and beverage containers?
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