Styrofoam

First it was soda and now it's styrofoam. Mayor Bloomberg's current crusade is to get the city to stop using styrofoam containers. I think he has the right idea since it is not biodegradable. The problem here is that it's not practical yet. Food services use it because it doesn't melt in high temperatures and the big one... it's CHEAPER! Cost is the most important thing. Paper is too expensive and recycled paper even more so. It seems to go against logic, but in this world, we get penalized for doing the right thing... which encourages us to do the wrong thing.

The styrofoam ban is something we should work towards, but forcing it now is going to cause backlash.