Miami Bans Styrofoam
Jun-09-2016

Miami Bans Styrofoam

Under a new ordinance passed this week, all Miami-Dade parks, beaches, marinas, trails and playing fields will ban Styrofoam coolers, cups, plates and to go containers starting next summer. Miami-Dade is following the lead of a number of other nearby areas, including Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, which were able to completely outlaw Styrofoam products. There are numerous concerns about Styrofoam, not least of which is that the material is not "clean enough" to be recycled. Styrofoam is made from Styrene, which is a possible human carcinogen, a cancer causing agent. It also continues to break down into smaller and smaller pieces and marine animals often mistake it for food, according to Clean Water Action California.

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