Judge overturns New York City ban on plastic foam containers

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Judge overturns New York City ban on plastic foam containers
Updated 2:39 pm, Tuesday, September 22, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Supreme Court judge has overturned New York City's ban on plastic foam containers such as egg cartons and to-go cups.

In a decision made public Tuesday, Margaret Chan found the city Department of Sanitation's commissioner's order banning the product to be arbitrary and capricious.

The ban was spearheaded by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and supported by current Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh). It went into effect July 1.

Officials estimate 28,500 tons of dirty plastic foam end up in city landfills every year.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-overturns-NYC-ban-on-plastic-foam-containers-6522105.php

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1. I guess this judge loves to pay taxes for tipping charges & land

What a f-ing moron

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. "Officials estimate 28,500 tons of dirty plastic foam end up in city landfills every year."

In a decision made public Tuesday, Margaret Chan found the city Department of Sanitation's commissioner's order banning the product to be arbitrary and capricious.

I take it nobody mentioned that 28,500 tons to her.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Probably

has relatives in the Chinese take-out business.

[99th_Monkey]

4. This Judge probably doesn't want to get bit in the arse retroactively by a TPP Tribunal

if that monster ever gets uncaged, down the road.