Connecticut Ban on Styrofoam Packaging Frustrates Struggling Restaurants
Lost customers and increased overheads feared.
John Klar
Apr 02, 2026
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A pending Connecticut bill that would ban Styrofoam take-out packaging and impose numerous other mandates on restaurants in the Constitution State illustrates the classic metaphor of roads to Hell being paved with good intentions. Some restaurants perceive that Connecticut’s constitution is being crumpled up and burned in the legislature’s drive to stop Styrofoam from being crumpled up and landfilled.
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This demonstrates the difficulty in changing consumption habits – if consumers do not demand change, it is difficult for either government or businesses to impose it from on high.
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A wise Persian king asked his advisers to bring him something that would make him happy when he was sad and vice versa. They eventually brought the king a ring on which is inscribed “This too shall pass.”
Most already see that recycling is a joke.
We see our carefully sorted waste products all dumped in the same truck. It’s no longer profitable for companies to recycle, but we continue to have “recycling theater” making us waste time and effort.
So too banning Styrofoam is fruitless; we the people know what we want. And politicians of bureaucrats should just get with the program.
Argh!
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