According to a report of Plastics News on May 15, 2017, the City of New York will enforce the ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) food service packaging again on November 13, 2017.
In 2015, New York State had already enacted legislation to ban such products (see the report of C&K Testing on 2015: New York to ban polystyrene foam on 1 July), but later this ban was struck down because of the prosecution from the Restaurant Action Alliance (RAA) and Dart Container Corporation.
On May 12, 2017, the department of sanitation of New York City released a report titled “Determination on the Recyclability of Food-Service Foam”. The report points out that recycling food-service foam or post-consumer food-service foam in New York City cannot give consideration to both economically feasibility and environmentally effectiveness. And it declares that all the food service establishment, mobile food commissary, or store must not possess, sell, or offer single service articles that consist of expanded polystyrene, and no manufacturer or store could sell or provide for sale polystyrene loose fill packaging.
As a transition, violation of this requirement before May 14, 2018 will not be considered as illegal.
C&K Testing reminds relevant enterprises to pay attention to the development of substituted materials so as to respond flexibly.
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