http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/ I bet you've drinken out of a Styrofoam cup in your life. You probably just threw it away when you were done like it was no different than a paper or plastic one, or in some rude peoples' cases, littered and threw it on the ground. Well, little might you have known that Styrofoam cups don't dissolve in the Earth eventually like other materials do. It just sits there. Useless. Taking up space. Therefore, it is negligent to the environment. You CAN recycle Styrofoam, like you can paper, but it is diffucult to and takes a LONG time and is also hard to find someone who will actually do it. Styrofoam also lasts virtually forever, or at least much, much longer than we'll live to be, vs. paper, where you can recycle it a lot easier and more and it will dissolve faster. This useless material ALSO contains CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons), which is very bad for the environment. In the end, Styrofoam is harmful to the Ozone. The Ozone, as you may know, is a form of oxygen containing three molecules (usually found in the stratoshere) and is responsible for filtering out much of the sun's dangerous ultraviolet radiation - the stuff that we put on sunscreen for. See, if we use Styrofoam, slowly but surely, it ruins the Ozone layer. That means that we can get sunburn so much easier, which can lead to skin cancer and cataracts if you get too much of it. And sure, you can load youself up with a lot more sunscreen, but if the Ozone layer gets to the point of degradation it's headed to, that won't do anything. Most companies that sell their drinks in Styrofoam cups do it because it's cheaper, but if that means hurting our children's family in the future by the sun, which would you choose? There are some more ways you can help the environment by not using Styrofoam or other things that contain harmful CFCs if you go to http://www.lunaeterna.net/cgk/ozone.htm Please take the time to think about this. Styrofoam cups, or our future? Sat, 18 Jun 2005 19:1:35 CDT en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5815017 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. say no to those stupid cups im a girl in &th grade and my scince class is competing in expoler vision and my group is trying to make woooden cups so that we dont destroy our earth any more.styfofoam is not right for us...our futer needs this. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5772768 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5721544 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5655347 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5564905 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. I personally have ask resturants can they give me paper or plastic instead of styrofoam. But today it hit me, that I should voice my oppinion about how much styrofoam angers me bc theres other alternative yet some resturants care less. If I had more money I would do more than just voice my oppinion but I can\'t. Then again the freedom of choice can go far for us. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5396733 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST The cups shown above are not Styrofoam. Styrofoam is a Dow Chemical trade name and is never made into cups. This is expanded polystyrene, not Styrofoam. Styrofoam is extruded polystyrene and made into sheets of foam that are light blue and used to insulate your homes. I am surprised Dow Chemical has not sued you back to the stone age for using their trade name.. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5339786 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5251282 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST stop the styrofoam! not just because it\'s bad for the environment or whatever but because they EXPLODE. i\'ve had it happen to me, watched it happen to a lady yesterday, and worst of all...saw a girl making a sonic blast blow out the bottom of the styrofoam cup, then just put another cup in the bottom! the person got styrofoam chunks in their shake!!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5241190 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5192826 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5152313 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5084706 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.!!!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig5019067 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4885933 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4837484 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4834670 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Go Cavs! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4833744 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST My schools canteen is now using styrofoam cups as the original coffee mugs are not yet clean!! No coffee for me today... http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4832472 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Go Lakers. Im a G! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4832471 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Go Lakers. Im a G! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/NoStyrofoam/#sig4830577 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. YAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!