Baltimore mayor signs bill banning plastic foam containers

Courtney Columbus, Associated Press
Updated 4:50 pm, Friday, April 20, 2018

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore businesses have 18 months to stop using carryout containers made from polystyrene foam.

After that window, businesses will face $1,000 fines for violations. The bill signed Thursday by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh also prohibits restaurants and other food vendors from using cups, plates, dishes, bowls and trays or any similar items made from this material.

Cia Carter owns Miss Carter's Kitchen, a soul food restaurant in Baltimore that uses foam containers for takeout. Carter supports the new law even though she'll have to switch to a different kind of container.

"It'll just be friendlier to the environment. I think it's a positive thing," she said.

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