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*DRAFT#2* OCTOBER 21, 2019 Annual Town Meeting warrant <br /> Article <br /> To see if the Town will vote to amend the Mashpee General Bylaws as follows,or take any other action <br /> in relation thereto: <br /> Chapter 126 <br /> Article II Polystyrene Products Ban <br /> §126-9. Purpose and Intent <br /> The use and disposal of polystyrene has significant impacts on our Town and our environment, <br /> including but not limited to: <br /> 1. Harm to marine and terrestrial animals through ingestion :and entanglement. <br /> 2. Y <br /> Unsi htl pollution and degradation of the terrestrial and aquatic environment, requiring <br /> Unsightly <br /> costly cleanup efforts. <br /> 3. Disposal costs of difficult to recycle plastics for solid waste collection and recycling facilities. <br /> With theoal of protecting the health of its citizens and the unique natural beauty and irreplaceable <br /> g p g <br /> ...... <br /> natural resources of the Town of Mashpee, and given that inexpensive, safe alternatives to <br /> polystyrene are easily obtained,the Town will phaseout the use of certain polystyrene plastics by July <br /> i, 2020. <br /> §126-10. Definitions <br /> rene <br /> "Polvstv Disposable.osable.Food`Services Containers and`Cutlery" shall mean single-use disposable <br /> p or transporting <br /> ...food for servingtrans ortin food or beverages, including without limitation take-out foods <br /> p <br /> and/or leftovers from partially consumed mea.ls..:`prepared by a restaurant and/or retail food <br /> � p Y <br /> containers straws cup lids and cutler ,which are made of polystyrene. It shall also include single <br /> use dis osa;ble acka in for uncooked foods prepared.on the premises, as well as disposable catering <br /> p p � g <br /> trays made of polystyrene <br /> "Expanded or Foam Polystyrene..:..: and "Pol styrene" shall mean blown polystyrene (polystyrene-that <br /> pY <br /> has been expanded or blown using gaseous blowing agent into a solid foam) and expanded and <br /> p g a <br /> extruded forms which are <br /> thermoplastic petrochemical materials utilizing a styrene monomer and <br /> p <br /> processed b number of techniques including but not limited to fusion of polymer spheres <br /> Y <br /> (expandable bead pof st rene),. njection molding, form molding, and extrusion blown molding <br /> foam of st rene , sometimes called Styrofoam, a Dow Chemical Co. trademarked form of <br /> (extruded p Y Y 3 <br /> polystyrene foam. It bears the recycling number 6. <br /> "Food Establishments" shall mean any operations, including without limitation schools, farmers <br /> markets and other � p pareublic venues that store prepare, package, serve, vend or otherwise provide food <br /> p <br /> for human .consum tionAn establishment requiring a permit to operate in accordance with the <br /> p Y <br /> State Sanitary Code- Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments, 105 CMR 590.000, et. <br /> seq., shall be considered Food Establishments for the purposes of this bylaw. <br /> 9 <br />