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Single-use plastics ban likely to pass

ASSOCIATED PRESS
                                Food industry leaders are asking for additional time to deplete their current stock of plastic containers before the likelihood of the passage of Bill 40, which would prohibit food vendors from making available plastic forks, spoons, knives, straws or other utensils and plastic foam plates, cups and other containers. A coffee cup made from polystyrene foam lies on the side of a road in Augusta, Maine.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Food industry leaders are asking for additional time to deplete their current stock of plastic containers before the likelihood of the passage of Bill 40, which would prohibit food vendors from making available plastic forks, spoons, knives, straws or other utensils and plastic foam plates, cups and other containers. A coffee cup made from polystyrene foam lies on the side of a road in Augusta, Maine.