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The concept seems to have many
limitations for those of us not living in
Utopia.
Hearne Moore
Eugene
BAN STYROFOAM
Single-use food ware made of Poly-
styrene foam EPS (trade name “Styro-
foam”) is a health and environmental
hazard from start to finish.
EPS leaches toxic substances, espe-
cially in hot drinks and alcohol, reheat-
ed leftovers, and oily and acidic foods.
School districts in Oregon are working
towards eliminating EPS and polysty-
rene food-ware.
Tens of thousands of workers in
the manufacturing of it are exposed to
styrene, leading to severe illness and
deaths associated with cancers and
heart diseases.
EPS manufacturing contributes
to human-caused climate change and
leads to a dangerous air pollutant at
ground level called tropospheric ozone,
which is associated with nausea, asthma
and bronchitis. If burned or incinerated,
toxic carbon monoxide is released into
the air.
Recycling of this material is not
practical, as these items are generated
in food service locations that are often
small businesses. Converting dirty EPS
to oil is cost prohibitive to the average
food service business and is not recy-
clable.
This lightweight material is mostly
air and chemicals, and is soiled. Used
once for mere minutes, it can take 500
years or more to decompose. This mate-
rial absorbs toxins, is fragile, easily bro-
ken up into micro-plastics, is consumed
by land and marine animals causing
harm, death and, ultimately, entering
the food chain.
More than 400 cities and municipali-
ties across the U.S. have banned single
use Polystyrene foam food-ware. Port-
land banned it in the early 1990s.
Eugene what are we waiting for?
Cynthia Matherly
Eugene
PROVE YOURSELVES
Thank you, Mayor Lucy Vinis, for
your leadership of the city’s draft of the
Climate Action Plan 2.0. As you know,
this will require personal sacrifices on
everyone’s part. Therefore I request
that you and the councilors, along with
department heads and senior staff, set
an example as leaders for the rest of us
to follow.
Please post on social media what
actions you personally are taking to re-
duce greenhouse gases. Also encourage
the councilors and staff to do the same.
Richard Hughes
Eugene
nov. wednesday 27th
nov. friday 29th
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