Dive summary:
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg released information on Wednesday indicating that he would pursue more plastic recycling and an outright ban of Styrofoam food packaging.
- In excerpts of his State of the City speech scheduled for Thursday, Bloomberg mentions that he is Styrofoam should go the way of lead paint and is something New Yorkers can live without.
- Bloomberg also plans to add 10,000 electric car parking spots over the next seven years and double the city's recycling rate by 2017.
From the article:
"One product that is virtually impossible to recycle and never bio-degrades is Styrofoam ... something that we know is environmentally destructive and that may be hazardous to our health, that is costing taxpayers money and that we can easily do without, and is something that should go the way of lead paint," he said. ...
