Stop using Styrofoam cups

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The Issue

I love going to Sonic during the summer to cool off with a cherry limade or slush but I don't like the fact that they use Styrofoam cups for all their beverages. It can take several years for Styrofoam to biodegrade and I think it is time for an environmentally sustainable cup.

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Grace BuerklinPetition Starter
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Sonic Drive-In
Sonic Drive-In
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“There is a great deal of information in the marketplace about what products are best for our environment, and we know there is no perfect product today. You will find debate around which product is most beneficial or most detrimental. For instance, while foam cups are recyclable, it can be a challenge to find centers that will accept them. On the other hand, paper packaging requires the harvesting of trees and generate about 181% more solid waste by weight than a comparable foam cup. Like many other restaurants, SONIC does use foam cups based on attributes customers desire, including lack of condensation or “sweating” and the superior ability to keep drinks cold or hot. We are always evaluating how we can be best serve our customers and on this topic consider such things as consumer preference, available supply, cost, environmental impact and public opinion. We appreciate your feedback and will consider it we consider packaging choices for our products. ”

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Petition created on September 24, 2014