In a scramble to find cups, spoons and takeout-food containers that comply with a new Seattle law on recycling and composting, some restaurants and retailers are hitting snags.
Cups are practically a slam dunk. Even plastic-lined coffee cups can be recycled in Seattle now, including those with a little liquid at the bottom. For cold drinks like soda, many varieties including the wax-lined cups of yore are compostable.
Decisions about other products are more complicated, and meat trays in particular are giving PCC Natural Markets a headache. "We've been through a half-dozen items over the last year-and-a-half," said Scott Owen, PCC's nonfood category manager and special-projects coordinator.
Beginning July 1, the city will ban meat trays made from polystyrene materials and will require retailers to use recyclable and compostable serviceware and provide appropriate bins for their disposal.
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