Two City Councilors file motion to reduce polystyrene foam in New Bedford

Two New Bedford City Council members are working towards reducing the use of  polystyrene foam in New Bedford. Here is the motion they filed on Thursday, May 22, 2014:

23. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Bousquet and Council President Lopes, requesting, that the Committee on Ordinances draft an Ordinance encouraging food services, supermarkets, and other users of expanded polystyrene foam to discontinue their use of the product and move to recyclable or recycled paper based materials, expanded polystyrene foam is a tremendous threat to our oceans and its ecosystems, and as a community who makes its living from the ocean we should be concerned for its health. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances, the Chamber of Commerce and our State Legislative Delegation.)