Plastics and the Shortcomings of government in Oahu

HONOLULU: Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) — The debate on how to move away from plastic and foam packaging in the food industry highlights fundamental shortcomings in how the government is doing its job— and how business is paying the price.

The council started with a basic bill concerned with plastic utensils and silicone containers. The goal was to reduce the amount of plastic waste.

But immediately the goal became to ....