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Committee delays vote on local law to limit disposable clamshells, debates scope and enforcement
Summary
The committee postponed action July 1 on a proposed local law that would expand Ulster County’s polystyrene restrictions to cover certain thermoformed disposable containers, after legislators debated definitions, enforcement and alternatives.
The Ulster County committee on July 1 postponed consideration of a proposed local law that would expand the county’s polystyrene ban to address additional disposable food-service containers after prolonged debate about definitions, enforceability and alternatives.
Sponsor materials described the amendment as adding thermoformed plastics — a manufacturing description that, some committee members said, risks sweeping in many recyclable items — and proposed language amendments that would substitute a narrower term: clamshell food-service containers. Legislators and staff discussed competing…
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