Claim: Group pushes to end plastic foam use in schools.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: Green Student Council
text: students knew that the plastic foam lunchboxes were not environmentally friendly. 95% of them were willing to give up using those lunchboxes. 57% of students stated that they could not finish all the food in the lunch boxes. On 6 Oct 2006, a group of students with the representatives of the Green Student Council demonstrated to the government. They demanded the setting up of rules and regulations about the lunch arrangement and lunchboxes. They hoped that the government would require schools to reduce the use of disposable dining utensils and lunch boxes. The organisation believed that these measures could help

title: Edward Suslovic
text: to ban the use of containers made from polystyrene foam and to identify ways to reduce the use of plastic bags. Suslovic has worked to advance public transportation in the Southern Maine region through his work as vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Greater Portland Transit District (Metro). Suslovic has worked to improve public transportation in Portland and has also advocated for continuing the funding of public transportation in nearby communities in order to support a regional economy. A board member of Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence, Suslovic has advocated for local municipalities to have the flexibility to

title: Bahamas Plastic Movement
text: since approved plans to phase out plastic bags by 2020. Bahamas Plastic Movement The Bahamas Plastic Movement is a Nonprofit organization based out of the South Eleuthera, Bahamas that focuses on reducing plastic pollution. The organization was founded in 2014 by Kristal Ambrose. The organization specializes in using youth to end plastic pollution. In 2018 a youth delegation from the Bahamas Plastic Movement traveled to Nassau, Bahamas to meet with Romauld Ferreira, Minister of the Environment and Housing, to ban plastic bags in the Bahamas. The Bahamas Plastic Movement claimed that if plastic pollution on beaches increased that $8.5 million

title: Green Student Council
text: it on their webpage. The organisation also posted a statement to clarify the procedure of collecting the donation on their webpage. There was a criticism about intervening government policies by the Green Student Council on Apple Daily Editorial dated 23 June 2005. It was said in the article that the role Green Student Council played was to educate the public about environmental protection. After the organisation conducted a survey about primary school students' plastic foam lunchboxes usage (please kindly refer to 'Achievements' in this entry), the organisation found many schools using plastic foam lunchboxes and therefore demanded the government to

title: Maryland Public Interest Research Group
text: and organizing skills. Each semester, members propose and vote on the campaigns that the organization will pursue. In addition to the student chapter, MaryPIRG also has a full office in both Baltimore and Washington, D.C.. MaryPIRG's current environmental campaign "Save the Bay" focuses on a variety of issues. In 2016-2017, the group petitioned and lobbied members of the Maryland General Assembly in support of a state-wide ban on Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as "fracking". During the 2017-2018 school year, the campaign focused on implementing a state-wide ban on expanded polystyrene foam food service products, known commonly as "Styrofoam". This ban

title: Maryland Public Interest Research Group
text: would include products such as polystyrene foam carry-out containers and carry-out cups which have many substitutes including traditional plastics, cardboard, and paper. The Democracy campaign focuses primarily on expanding voter access and diminishing the effect of special interest money in elections. The campaign has largely focused its efforts on passing state and local legislation that create Publicly funded elections programs. The campaign has also focused on Automatic Voter Registration and Election Day Registration. The Democracy campaign also works to register students to vote in their New Voters Project (NVP). The project entails setting up tables on the University of Maryland,

title: Rock and Wrap it Up
text: but not sold in their schools and share them with agencies in their community who fight poverty. The College Wrap Program also encourages the Give and Go Green Program. Students donate bedding, gently used clothing, small appliances, furniture and non-perishable food at the end of each school year to local agencies rather than disposing these assets into landfills. Rock and Wrap it Up Rock and Wrap it Up! is a non-profit organization that was formed by Syd Mandelbaum in 1994. The independent anti-poverty think tank is based in New York, but works with partners across the country to develop greening

title: Greenbank Middle School
text: help prevent global warming and decided that it will make a project selling reusable bags and giving profits to the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Carleton University for research and education into reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A big part of what makes this school notable across Ottawa is Kids Helping Kids, a 3 on 3 basketball fundraiser. The first program of its kind, it was established several years ago, fueling school spirit while allowing for thousands of dollars to be fundraised for schools support student- oriented programs in neighboring OCDSB "Beacon Schools". (That is to say some schools without enough

title: Polystyrene
text: have serious effects on the health of birds or marine animals that swallow significant quantities. Restricting the use of foamed polystyrene takeout food packaging is a priority of many solid waste environmental organisations. Efforts have been made to find alternatives to polystyrene, especially foam in restaurant settings. The original impetus was to eliminate chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), which was a former component of foam. In 1987, Berkeley, California, banned CFC food containers. The following year, Suffolk County, New York, became the first U.S. jurisdiction to ban polystyrene in general. However, legal challenges by the Society of the Plastics Industry kept the ban

title: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
text: Day Global School Contest in which 7th graders at the International School of Ulaanbaatar (ISU) in Mongolia were declared the Global Winners for their awareness campaign on the environmental impact of plastic shopping bags, including research on plastic bag manufacturing processes, development of videos documenting plastic bag waste, and a school presentation at which reusable cloth shopping bags were sold to approximately 50 percent of the community. Sarasota, Fla.'s Brookside Middle School won in the World Environment Day contest's North American sub-category for its mangrove propagule growth project while International School of Brussels in Belgium won the European sub-category, for

title: Bahamas Plastic Movement
text: Bahamas Plastic Movement The Bahamas Plastic Movement is a Nonprofit organization based out of the South Eleuthera, Bahamas that focuses on reducing plastic pollution. The organization was founded in 2014 by Kristal Ambrose. The organization specializes in using youth to end plastic pollution. In 2018 a youth delegation from the Bahamas Plastic Movement traveled to Nassau, Bahamas to meet with Romauld Ferreira, Minister of the Environment and Housing, to ban plastic bags in the Bahamas. The Bahamas Plastic Movement claimed that if plastic pollution on beaches increased that $8.5 million in tourism would be lost. Fereira and his cabinet have

title: Clean Water Action
text: their support of California's Assembly Bill 888, which proposed to ban the use of plastic microbeads in rinse-off personal care products. Similar federal legislation was enacted with the passing of the Microbead–Free Waters Act of 2015. The group also supported Minneapolis's ordinance restricting the use of single-use plastic bags. Clean Water Action Clean Water Action is an American environmental advocacy group. Created in 1972, the group focuses on canvassing and gaining support for political issues and candidates. It is a 501(c)(4) organization. The group was formed in 1972 by David Zwick as a grassroots and lobbying organization whose goal was

title: Surfers Against Sewage
text: Waves (POW) campaign. Since 1990, SAS has secured a multitude of campaign successes on behalf of all water users. More recently, Surfers Against Sewage have turned their attention to battling the new sewage - plastic pollution. Through national initiatives such as the Big Spring Beach Clean and the Autumn Beach Clean Series they hope to empower communities to protect their coastlines. Further up in the chain of events, SAS are using their Waves All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to encourage politicians to explore and introduce policies to prevent plastic emissions from entering the environment. SAS launched the Protect Our Waves campaign

title: Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Manhattan Beach
text: case as of May 2012. Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. City of Palo Alto, et al. – Petition for Writ of Mandate filed on April 10, 2009. The Petitioner sought to have a city ordinance prohibiting supermarkets from distributing single-use plastic bags at the point of sale repealed on the basis that the City violated CEQA when they failed to complete an EIR prior to adopting the ordinance. The issues was resolved through a settlement agreement whereby, the suit was dropped and the City of Palo Alto agreed not enact or adopt any ordinance or law that prohibits, places

title: Polystyrene
text: from going into effect until at last it was delayed when the Republican and Conservative parties gained the majority of the county legislature. In the meantime, Berkeley became the first city to ban all foam food containers. As of 2006, about one hundred localities in the United States, including Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco had some sort of ban on polystyrene foam in restaurants. For instance, in 2007 Oakland, California, required restaurants to switch to disposable food containers that would biodegrade if added to food compost. In 2013, San Jose became reportedly the largest city in the country to ban

title: Green Student Council
text: Foshan, a Chinese city, to promote the reduction in the usage of plastic bags. Details about Hong Kong's No-Plastic Bag Day were introduced to the public in Foshan. Many activities were held to promote the concept of environmental conservation, including games and a sign-up campaign. Many retailers and citizens were supportive. The Green Student Council also visited Waste Treatment Centre and was interviewed by the local radio. The Green Student Council has been expressing the concern about lunchbox arrangements. It conducted a survey concerning the lunch arrangement in primary schools. 1117 students responded to the survey. About 90% of the

title: Young Voices on Climate Change
text: Planet", documents eleven-year-old Felix's campaign to plant a million trees in Germany. The film "Girl Scouts" follows a Girl Scout troop in Northern California distributing 5000 compact fluorescent light bulbs in collaboration with the Sierra Club. "Team Marine" documents Santa Monica High School students, addressing the serious issue of plastic bags in our marine environment. They skillfully use humor to convince the City Council to ban the use of plastic bags. Kevin Coyle, the Vice President for Education at the National Wildlife Federation, says the films "include success stories in a way that allows young people to be heard in

title: Californians Against Waste
text: on the apply this concept to major sources of waste besides e-waste. Since 2010, the organization has sponsored legislation that brought the PaintCare unused paint drop-off recycling program to California, and created a used mattress drop-off program expected to take effect in early 2016. In 2014, Californians Against Waste worked with California State Senator Alex Padilla to sponsor SB 270, legislation that would phase-out lightweight plastic bags. Environmentalists cite lightweight plastic grocery bags as a significant source of non-biodegradable environmental pollution because their lightweight nature allows them to be blown long distances by wind and eventually end up in rivers,

title: Cheryl Kagan
text: issues she worked on included a ban on single use expanded polystyrene foam (Styrofoam or EPS foam) food containers, planning for Next Generation 911 through updating Public Information Act standards and closing a funding loophole, and banning grants to private schools that discriminate on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation. The session was interrupted when Senator Kagan became the first Maryland State Legislator to come forward with allegations of inappropriate touching, joining the wave of #MeToo incidents in 2018. When a former Delegate and current lobbyist touched her butt at a karaoke night in Annapolis, she decided to

title: Disposable food packaging
text: the material is lightweight and holds the temperature of hot/cold food and beverages. Foamed polystyrene (sometimes referred to as Styrofoam) is in one of the most common types of plastics used for foodservice packaging, in the form of the foam food container. Non-foamed polystyrene is sometimes also used for utensils or plastic plates. Polyethylene and other plastics are also used. Plastic wrap is sometimes used to cover a tray of food. Many plastics are marked with the SPI recycling codes for identification. Disposable foodservice products made from paper, paperboard, and corrugated fiberboard: including cups, plates, bowls, napkins, carryout bags, trays,