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The Daily Free Press

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Businesses in Brookline prepare for ban on Styrofoam products

Daily Free Press Admin October 17, 2013

Businesses in Brookline are attempting to figure out how they will stop using polystyrene products due to a ban implemented by the town that will be take effect on Dec. 1. “[The ban] affects about...

Styrofoam ban poses challenge for restaurants

Daily Free Press Admin November 15, 2012

Brookline residents and restaurants are divided over whether Brookline will benefit or suffer from a recently passed ban of polystyrene, or Styrofoam containers. The ban passed in a town meeting on Tuesday...

Brookline ban could eliminate Styrofoam packaging

Daily Free Press Admin September 25, 2012

Brookline restaurants and coffee shops might have to find a different kind of food and beverage packaging if a proposed ban on Styrofoam containers passes in a Special Town Meeting in November. Nancy...

EDIT: Proposed ban in Brookline

Daily Free Press Admin September 25, 2012

The town of Brookline is considering a ban on Styrofoam and plastic bags, according to an article in The Boston Globe Monday. Nancy Heller, a Brookline Town Meeting member, proposed the ban after learning...

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