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Ulster County committee debates scope of proposed ban on thermoformed and black food-service plastics
Summary
Committee members and county environmental staff discussed advancing a local law to ban certain disposable food-service plastics, focusing on thermoformed clamshells first and whether to later add black/pigmented plastics; staff urged precise language and a phased approach to avoid unintentionally banning recyclable items.
The Energy, Environment and Sustainability Committee of the Ulster County Legislature debated whether to move forward with a local law to ban certain disposable food-service plastics, focusing first on thermoformed clamshells and whether to later add black or heavily pigmented plastics.
Chair Dave Hewitt, chair of the Energy, Environment and Sustainability Committee, said he wanted to "start with thermoform and move on to black," arguing that a limited first step would help food-service businesses shift to compostable or greener alternatives while…
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