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Attachment 1 <br />foam products is providing an opportunity for greener safer alternatives to emerge in the <br />marketplace. <br />The polystyrene manufacturers claim that this material is recyclable. That's only partly true. <br />We've investigated these claims. All recyclers of foam products require that the material <br />collected is clean and dry. They can't recycle cups or containers that are wet or contaminated <br />with food. It's very expensive to wash and transport foam products, making recycling not cost <br />effective. For these reasons, the only real recycling of foam products is in the transport <br />packaging sector. <br />We urge you to ban polystyrene foam now and consider implementing further measures to <br />reduce packaging waste and litter, such as promoting re- usable hot beverage mugs at food <br />establishments. If food vendors truly encourage customers to bring their own coffee mugs (by <br />charging for disposable ones, or providing a discount for re- usable mugs), the City will achieve <br />notice true reductions in litter and waste. <br />Thank you for this opportunity to provide comments. Please don't hesitate to contact me with <br />questions or comments. <br />Sincerely, <br />)"14 <br />Miriam Gordon <br />CA State Director <br />cc: Vice Mayor Michael Gregory <br />Council Member Ursula Reed <br />Council Member Diana Souza <br />Council Member Joyce Starosciak <br />Council Member Pauline Cutter <br />Council Member Jim Prola <br />1 1 1 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, California 94105 www.cleanwater.org /ca <br />