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Canada should ban styrofoam items. Did you know that people throw away about 25 billion styrofoam cups a year? Styrofoam cannot decompose. If you put styrofoam items in a trash can, the garbage truck ...

Tom Hitter in his letter "Styrofoam is recyclable, good for the environment," Feb. 2, twice tells how Styrofoam is recyclable. Though he mentions a national company that does recycle it, he fails to ...

The Sept. 21 "He said she said" feature does a good job of drawing attention to an issue that affects all members of the Blacksburg community (and, really, all residents of planet Earth): the use of ...

Food-stained containers and egg cartons made with Styrofoam present a problem in how to dispose of them. London Drugs takes Styrofoam packaging only, but not egg cartons. Food-stained containers and ...

The Oct. 19 article “Plastic bag ban on its way to Salem” states that the banning of plastic bags in Salem’s retail sector, recommended by Salem Sound Coastwatch, will be going to the council for ...