MidHudsonNews [dot] com is reporting an effort to ban plastic foam food containers in Putnam County failed to pass the county Legislature's Health Committee, Dec. 11. The resolution failed to get the requisite number of votes to move it out of committee and on to the full Legislature for a vote before the end of the year. Legislator Barbara Scuccimarra championed the ban charging “there was no meaningful recycling of polystyrene food containers.  It takes 500 years for polystyrene to decompose. Polystyrene clogs our waters and damages wildlife.” The use of polystyrene foam disposable food service containers have been banned from use by county governmental agencies such as the Office for Senior Resources, sheriff’s office and Putnam County Golf Course since 2015. Only large businesses or corporations would have been affected by the proposed ban. Legislator Carl Albano said adoption of the local law contained “no down side. It’s only positive. It’s a health issue and an environmental issue.” Read the full story at MidHudsonNews [dot] com.