Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution in the United States of expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene loose-fill packing peanuts, and expanded polystyrene coolers beginning January 1, 2028. Portable coolers intended for drugs, medical devices, or biological products are excluded.
Environmental benefits versus compliance costs for businesses
Relatively narrow, administrable change with compromise features, but industry pushback and ideological splits raise barriers.
The Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution in the United States of expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene loose-fill packing peanuts, and expanded polystyrene coolers beginning January 1, 2028.
Portable coolers intended for drugs, medical devices, or biological products are excluded.
The EPA Administrator enforces the ban, issuing a written notice for a first violation and escalating civil penalties ($250, $500, $1,000) for subsequent violations, with limits for small businesses and an option for delegated state enforcement.
Clear, limited scope and compromise elements help, but national product bans routinely meet industry resistance and procedural Senate obstacles.
How solid the drafting looks.
Environmental benefits versus compliance costs for businesses
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Environmental benefits versus compliance costs for businesses
Likely supportive because the bill reduces a common form of single-use plastic pollution and aligns with environmental protection goals.
May want stronger provisions on transition support, recycling investment, and broader product scope.
Cautiously favorable if implementation limits economic hardship and administrative burdens.
Views environmental goals as reasonable but seeks clarity on definitions, compliance costs, and enforcement practicality.
Likely opposed due to federal regulatory reach into commerce and burdens on businesses.
Prefers market-driven or state-level solutions over a nationwide federal ban.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Clear, limited scope and compromise elements help, but national product bans routinely meet industry resistance and procedural Senate obstacles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Environmental benefits versus compliance costs for businesses
Clear, limited scope and compromise elements help, but national product bans routinely meet industry resistance and procedural Senate obsta…
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