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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 ...

Thanks to the Albany County legislators led by Chris Higgins, D-Albany, for proposing an expansion of the law banning polystyrene (better known as Styrofoam) containers. The comment in the article ...

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 ...

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 ...