Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer is madder than if someone filched his bowties. He Twittered this morning:
Egads! It’s true. One of the first actual boots-on-the-ground things the new GOP majority has done is roll back the environmental measures introduced to the House cafeteria since 2007. So goodbye compostable utensils and trays, which some complained were leaky and flimsy, hello styrofoam! The Republicans will, indeed, have a legacy that lasts hundreds of years.
Blumenauer’s staff sent me this photo of the Congressman with a genuine Capitol Hill styrofoam cup. “Though people say the old compostable trays were leaky, the new clamshell ones are smaller, flimsier, and contribute to a general sense of unhappiness,” jokes Blumenauer’s press secretary Derek Schlickeisen.
Blumenauer is obviously drunk in this photo. You can tell he’s having trouble focusing. Rotgut liquor will eat through styrofoam in nothing flat, which is what he’s actually upset about.
why not just use real plates and wash them?
Drink just straight from the Bottle! that`s what I do! No detergents going to sewers, no chemicals in my drink…that`s assuming that the bottle and the process which the drink underwent…Uhm.
Oregon joins America’s race to the bottom!
Why doesn’t he bring his own cup?
He wasn’t very enthusiastic during the ILWU Local 5 organizing drive about ten or so years ago.
Seriously, though: I feel as though the republicans won’t be happy until the world is a terrible place to be.
Send Earl a tin cup. You can drop them off at 830 NE Holladay, #105 Portland, Oregon 97232
I’m so surprised when I see those things now a days, especially in Portland.
Hell, I thought we banished styrofoam cups in the 90’s??
When you dig into the details it turns out Styrofoam cups were less environmentally irresponsible and paper cups were just green washing. I have a large boring paper that makes the same point as here: http://www.ecojoes.com/styrofoam-cups-vs-p…