"Tracy" > wrote in message
> Whenever I do see styrofoam I just have to shake my head. There is really
> no reason for it anymore. The only place I can recall seeing it recently
> is at the car dealership - where they have the self serve coffee - like a
> Keurig type machine. Oh, and there is a grocery store I go to on occasion
> which has the same set up.
>
> Tracy

If you really study the effects of foam cups versus paper it is pretty much
a wash. Paper cups are sprayed with a liner that helps to keep them
leakproof, but also stops them from biodegrading. Biodegradable products
also produce greenhouse gasses and global warming. Either material can be
converted to energy in a trash plant though.

Rather than change materials, we have to educate slobs that dump trash.
It is a know fact that paper can survive in a landfill for decades and not
degrade at all. 50 year old newspapers have been perfectly readable when a
landfill was opened up for study.

Foam cups also make good insulators. Some places double the paper cups to
keep you from getting burnt. Not so practical.