Styrofoam Ban & Petition Download

Please take a look at our petition to ban the use of styrofoam in Pacifica. This petition includes both solid and foam polystyrene. Solid polystyrene  is as harmful to the environment as the foam in the manufacturing process and in the landfills. It includes all #6 items such as plastic clamshells, cups, and eating utensils. An ever-growing selection of biodegradable/recyclable alternatives are available. As these alternatives become more mainstream, the pricing differential will become insignificant. Our mission is to get 500 or more signatures from Pacifica residents before the styrofoam ban comes up at a future City Council meeting. Help spread the word and get signatures. Ideally, this petition would be for Pacifica residents and perhaps visitors who eat at our restaurants. I already have received signatures from people outside Pacifica. They will not count for the Pacifica presentation, but it is nice to see that people everywhere care! Sign the online here: PETITION

Download polystyrene_petitionhard_copy.pdf is a PDF file (hard copy) of the petition you can download and print out if you prefer to use it to talk with people locally and gather more signatures. It would be nice to have signatures for businesses, too. Please get these signed petitions to me or Ian Butler as soon as possible so that we can tally them and bring them to a future City Council meeting when it comes onto the agenda. We already have at least 190 signatures, mostly Pacifica residents. The City of Pacifica is working with the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce and Pacifica Beach Coalition to hold an educational discussion with local businesses about moving an ordinance forward. How will it affect them? How can the city assist them in changing from styrofoam products to greener alternatives? What concerns do they have? Interested business people can contact Don at the Chamber 355-4122 or Lynn at 355-1668.

LYNN ADAMS

PACIFICA BEACH COALITION

Comments

[Summer Rhodes]

environment cartoon
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/cartoons/daily/videos/2008/11/17/081117_globalwhining

[Dan Underhill]

If we were to institute such a ban soon, allowing weeks instead of months to use up inventory, local environmental groups could possibly raise enough money to buy whatever stock of styrofoam food containers local mom & pop businesses have left over. If our offer was to buy them for ninety percent of what the business can prove that they paid for these containers the burden on the businesses would not be huge and no one would be tempted to stock up on styrofoam containers to defraud the program.

[Summer Rhodes]

This is not on the agenda for November 10.

Link to the
http://www1.cityofpacifica.org/government/city_council/city_council_agendas/default.asp

[Summer Rhodes]

Thank you for posting the styrofoam ban petition.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/styrofoam-ban-in-pacifica