Canada should ban styrofoam items. Did you know that people throw away about 25 billion styrofoam cups a year? Styrofoam cannot decompose. If you put styrofoam items in a trash can, the garbage truck ...

A letter regarding styrofoam recycling was positive and a nice change from the usual negative comments. Those of us who may not have the room to collect or the ability to travel to the landfill to ...

I am writing to express my support of House Bill 477 which is currently under the consideration of Senate Natural Resources. This bill would require restaurants or food establishments to phase out the ...

The Oct. 19 article “Plastic bag ban on its way to Salem” states that the banning of plastic bags in Salem’s retail sector, recommended by Salem Sound Coastwatch, will be going to the council for ...