http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Mon, 20 May 2013 05:40:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://b985.fm/portland-launching-effort-to-ban-polystyrene-cups-and-plastic-bags/ http://b985.fm/portland-launching-effort-to-ban-polystyrene-cups-and-plastic-bags/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:45:18 +0000 Andy Capwell http://b985.fm/?p=65148 The Portland City Council formed a Green Packaging Working Group earlier in 2013 and assigned it to develop ordinances to eliminate sales of food and drinks in polystyrene packing, better known as the brand name Styrofoam and to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags in Portland.

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