Third in a series. 

Re: “Eriksson Makes Surprising Recycle Discovery”

Two weeks from tonight, the City Council is scheduled to take its first look at the Styrofoam-ban findings of the subcommittee of Meghan Sahli-Wells and Göran Eriksson.

“There are many aspects” to researching and formulating a ban, said Mr. Eriksson. “In the long run, though, we need to move over to use much more compostable material.”

If recycling is going to play an increasingly widening role in Culver City’s immediate future, “we are going to have to start collecting all the food waste material that currently exists. We cannot send that to landfills anymore.”

Mr. Eriksson said that “in residential areas at some point soon, we are going to have to stop throwing our food waste in the black bins. It will have to go into the green bin very shortly.”

Further, “all of our restaurants need to start collecting food waste in a separate container.

“At that point,” said Councilman Eriksson, “it probably makes sense that we should have compostable alternatives for our takeout food.

“Then there is no issue. It all goes into the same container.”

Signs of unrest have emerged from restaurants.

When the City Council began exploring a Styrofoam ban, 40 letters of protest poured in from eateries. “They don’t want us to ban Styrofoam or polystyrene,” Mr. Eriksson said.

(To be continued)