San Diego launching analysis that could revive controversial polystyrene foam ban [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
One year after San Diego halted enforcement of the city’s controversial ban on polystyrene foam food containers and similar products, city officials have launched a comprehensive analysis that could revive the ban.
The California Restaurant Association, which aggressively opposed the ban as an unfair hardship for small restaurants that still use foam products, filed suit in spring 2019 contending San Diego failed to fully analyze the impact of the ban.
City officials initially downplayed the importance of the lawsuit. But in late 2019 they reversed course and announced San Diego would halt enforcement, just before the ban took full effect, so they could conduct the analysis.