Replacing Foam Foodservice Items Costs Taxpayers & Business Alike

Okay remember how I’ve ranted before that politicians like to tell us what we can and can’t do, what we can and can’t eat and what we should and should not think in the form of bans. It seems that at least one of those crazy bans has been disproved. Specifically Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on foam food packaging. A new study by third party research firm has concluded that the ban on foam food service for New York City, in which the mayor said would be seamless and not cost anybody anything, would in fact cost $100,000 per year. Conclusions were a foam ban in NYC would have serious economic impact not only to city businesses, but state businesses as well while having little to no effect on waste reductions or other environmental concerns. Job well done mayor.