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MarkBoston
3:27 pm on Saturday, September 29, 2012
I support this ban !
Robyn Ochs
9:12 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
I support this ban too. In this world where business decisions are too-often driven by short term gain and quarterly profit reports, we humans would be wise to consider the long-term environmental impact of our choices.
Oren Lyons, Chief of the Onondaga Nation, wrote: "We are looking ahead, as is one of the first mandates given us as chiefs, to make sure and to make every decision that we make relate to the welfare and well-being of the seventh generation to come."
yogasong
10:37 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
I support this ban. There's plenty of other alternatives now so that can't be an excuse any longer.
Peter R. Lee
10:40 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
I support this ban. The trouble is that so many things are made of Styrofoam how can an ordinance be fashioned that would work. Banning the cups would be a good start!
William Brokhof
11:48 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
It's about time. Not only do I support it, I applaud it. Moreover, Duncan Donuts should have to pay a massive reparation for the damage they have done. I don't know how the CEO of DD could walk down the street seeing the amounts of refuse his company causes - and feel like he's doing a good job. Shame on you.
E.M. Steiner
12:29 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
Really??! Shame on the citizens in your community for littering. I live in the Washington, DC area with lots of Dunkin Donuts locations and we don't have this problem.
Scott
3:17 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
LOL, yeah there is ZERO litter in DC.
Stephanie B
12:35 pm on Sunday, September 30, 2012
YES YES AND YES!!!! About time! Then DD will finally have to change its evil ways!!
E.M. Steiner
12:20 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
Only one problem. The so-called facts supporting this ban are WRONG. Unless, that is, you consider LivingStrong.com to be a better source than, let's say the US Environmental Protection Agency. EPA has conducted recent studies that show polystyrene foam is less than 1% of the total municipal solid waste stream - both by weight and volume. 29% is a pretty huge discrepancy. And oddly, regarding adverse health effects, LivingStrong.com doesn't cite any scientific findings but simply provides speculative comment.
Think again. Does anyone know what the environmental or health impacts for alternative materials would be? Did anyone check? Has a realistic projection of the total environmental improvement that would theorectically be achieved been looked into? Environmental stewardship demands that these questions be addressed in a serious and concerted manner. Otherwise, the decision making process is meaningless and in this case based on grossly incorrect information.
Scott
3:19 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
This message has been approved by the Styrofoam lobby, keeping DC litter free.