The first few weeks of a new fiscal year often come with Virginia residents finding out about new laws that survived the onslaught of the Virginia General Assembly. And sometimes implementation takes a few years.
That’s the case with a bill signed into law in 2021 by then-Governor Ralph Northam that bans the use of styrofoam as food containers. The second and final phase of a prohibition on expanded polystyrene (EPS) took effect on July 1 and no food vendor can use the materials to convey their product unless they get the city to approve an exception.
“Vendors may apply for an exemption if compliance would impose an undue economic hardship,” reads a dedicated website called Foam Free Charlottesville…