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Styrofoam ban passes Council vote
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BY DAVE SCHWAB | LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
San Diego City Council Oct. 15 voted 5-3 to ban the use and distribution of styrofoam citywide. The new ordinance allows a one-year grace period for small businesses with gross income of less than $500,000 annually to transition into the change. Council members Scott Sherman, Mark Kersey and Chris Cate voted no, with council member David Alvarez absent. Besides restaurant take-out food containers, the new polystyrene ban includes other common styrofoam products such as coolers and beach toys. The new ordinance, which needs to return to the council for a final vote, also requires the city's Environmental Services Department to provide a list of safe, affordable styrofoam alternatives. The council vote followed considerable testimony by mom-andpop entrepreneurs, and the California Restaurant Association, who opposed the ban insisting it was inequitable to small businesses. They argued that banning foam food take-out containers would force small restaurants to
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