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Media Contact:

Jennifer Killinger
Jennifer_Killinger@AmericanChemistry.com
Phone: 202-249-6619

Check out news ideas and articles on plastic foodservice packaging and the way we live today.

News Releases, Statements, and Blog Posts:

• NYC Introduces Polystyrene Foam Foodservice Ban Despite Mounting Concerns Over Impact to City’s Small Businesses and Taxpayers [6/12/2013]
• Website Launches to Oppose Proposed Ban on Polystyrene Foam in New York City [6/5/2013]
• New York City Reconsiders Recycling; Kudos to Mayor Bloomberg [5/2/2013]
• ACC Applauds New York City’s Announcement of Expanded Plastics Recycling Program [4/24/2013]
• New Study Details Economic And Environmental Costs Of NYC Polystyrene Ban [3/20/2013]
• San Jose Rejects Foam Foodservice Recycling, Bucking California Trend [2/26/2013]
• Plastics Makers: We Welcome Opportunity to Explore Recycling Polystyrene Foam in New York City [2/13/2013]
• Boy Scouts of America's Opening of New Delaware Camp to Go Green [5/7/2012]
• California Legislature Tables Proposed Foam Ban [9/9/2011]
• Smart Plastic Packaging Can Reduce the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Food Waste [8/16/2011]
• National Toxicology Program Report on Styrene: No Change in Safety of Plastic Foodservice Packaging [6/10/2011]
• New Study: Polystyrene Foam Cups and Plates Use Less Energy, Water Than Paper or Corn-based Alternatives [3/24/2011]
• Plastics Makers Support Safety of Everyday Plastic Packaging [3/4/2011]

Media Reports and Editorials:

• Restaurant Owners Protest NYC Foam Containers Ban [Associated Press, 6/12/2013]
• Lobby Group Launches Website To Fight Mayor Bloomberg's NYC Styrofoam Ban Plan [NY Daily News, 6/5/2013]
• Got Foam? Dart Container Corp. Has Polystyrene Recycling Program [StoneMountain-LithoniaPatch, 6/5/2013]
• The Wonderbag: How Cooking with Recycled Polystyrene Can Avert Disasters [Core77, 5/30/2013]
• Dart Container Reports Progress on Polystyrene Recycling [Core77, 5/29/2013]
• Styrofoam Recycling Comes To Region School [The Lakeshore, 5/23/2013]
• Riverside: Students Recycle Lunch Trays [The Press-Enterprise, 5/22/2013]
• Recycling Lesson [U-T San Diego, 5/2/2013]
• Hard to Recycle? Think Again [The Sacramento Bee, 4/30/2013]
• Opposition Builds to Proposed NY Polystyrene Ban [Food Production Daily, 4/3/2013]
• Hot Idea Cuts Styrofoam Waste at San Marcos School [The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2/27/2013]
• ACC Seeks Polystyrene Options in NYC [Recycling Today, 2/18/2013]
• Pilot Project Creates Viable End-Market for Contaminated Polystyrene [Engineering News, 1/18/2013]
• Study Finds Styrene Does Not Cause Cancer [Plastics News, 1/8/2013]
• EPS Foam (Styrofoam) Recycling Event - January 5, 2013 [Boston.com]
• Foam Recycling Success in Highland Park  [Highland Park News, 11/23/2012]
• Foam Recycling Underway at Newby Recyclery [Mercury News, 11/21/2012]
• Study Shows That the Future British Columbia Blue Box Could Include Plastic Bags and Overwrap and Foam Polystyrene Packaging and Significantly Increase Recycling [MarketWatch, 9/6/2012]
• Americas Styrenics Offering Polystyrene With Post-Consumer Content [Plastics News, 7/30/2012]
• Plastic Foam Now Collected at Alpha Ridge Landfill [Baltimore Sun, 6/12/2012]
• NextLife Receives Clearance from Health Canada [Recycling Today, 6/8/2012]
• Countertops Made with Recycled Content Abound [The Washington Post, 5/10/2012]
• Mayfield High School Pioneers Styrofoam Recycling [Las Cruces Sun-News, 5/8/2012]
• Partnership Builds Infrastructure Around Recycled Polystyrene [Packaging Digest, 4/25/2012]
• Recycled-Content Packaging Adds More "Green" to Subway Salads [Packaging Digest, 4/16/2012]
• Foam Cups, Medals from Half Marathon to Be Recycled [Waste & Recycling News, 3/23/2012]
• Your News: Styrofoam Recycling to Come to Westborough [Wicked Local, 3/11/2012]
• Styrofoam Recycling Coming to Westborough [Westborough Patch, 3/6/2012]
• New Plan to Jumpstart Package Recycling [Packaging Digest, 2/28/2012]
• Partnership to Bring Recycled Packaging to Restaurants [Packaging Digest, 2/27/2012]
• Photographic Proof That Plastic Keeps Cucumbers and Peppers Happier for Longer [Plastics & Rubber Weekly, 2/24/2012]
• Styrofoam Recycling Continues [Algonquin Patch, 2/3/2012]
• Recycling on Board: Air France Continues Its Environmental Policy [The FINANCIAL, 2/1/2012]
• City Chosen for Recycling Pilot Project [Langley Times, 1/23/2012]