Word: foams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gigantic foam mouths to make the faculty listen for once. After all, the Council distributed big fingers to show their campus spirit. As for big heads, there's no shortage of those on the Council...
California, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermonthave passed, or are in the process of passing,legislation limiting the use of foam products inpublic places...
...Many fast food chains have switched, or arecontemplating a switch to paper," said Malone. Andat the local level, he said, "Tufts, hasconsidered foam but has stayed with paper. MIT hascut back on foam...
...Foam has been singled out as the culprit, butit isn't. The average life span of a landfill is10 years. If we got rid of all foam products, wewould only extend the life of a landfill by onemonth. The CFC resulting from foam products isonly one-one thousandth of 1 percent of thehazards to the ozone layer...
Whatever the exact effect of foam products,sources on both sides of the question agreed thatthere will be a dramatic shift to paper productsin the future. Even McDonald's has limited its useof foam products and has stopped using CFC toproduce its foam...