Why Do We Use So Much Plastic Foam In Hawaii?
UPDATED 9/26/11 8:40 a.m.
At Civil Beat, we believe change begins with a question™. One question that keeps coming up in our newsroom is – why is Hawaii’s trash overflowing with foam food containers1?
We see it everyday – from our morning coffee to our mid-day plate lunches. But where does foam containers come from and where does it go?
What are the environmental ramifications? How does foam containers affect Hawaii’s people and its land?
How does Hawaii’s use of foam containers compare with other places around the World?
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Remember – change begins with a question.
Read our related stories about plastic foam in Hawaii:
- Why Do We Use So Much Plastic Foam In Hawaii?
- We’re On It – Why So Much Plastic Foam In Hawaii?
- Friend or Foam: Is All of Hawaii’s Plastic Foam Imported?
- Friend or Foam: How Does Most Plastic Foam Get to Hawaii?
- What We Could Use In Food Service Instead of Plastic Foam
- Friend or Foam: Is It Easy to Bring Your Own Container?
- Friend or Foam: Where Have Foam Food Containers Been Banned?
- Friend or Foam: For Hawaii’s Marine Life, Plastic Foam is a Foe
- Friend or Foam: Hawaii’s Plate Lunch History
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An earlier version of this article misused the trademarked term STYROFOAM®. It should have said the food containers used so widely in Hawaii are made of plastic foam.
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