Author: WFAA Staff and WFAA.com (WFAA) Published: 12:07 PM CDT October 16, 2009 Updated: 12:07 PM CDT October 16, 2009 ...

Currently, 11 states and Washington, D.C. have passed laws to phase out plastic foam. Now, Congress is considering the Farewell to Foam act that would take those phase-out efforts to a national level.

For example, a 48-foot truckload of the foam weighs only around 16,000 pounds, whereas a truckload of densified foam weighs 40,000 pounds, according to the Foodservice Packaging Institute.

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Currently, 11 states and Washington, D.C. have passed laws to phase out plastic foam. Now, Congress is considering the Farewell to Foam act that would take those phase-out efforts to a national level.