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  "path": "/briefs/alaska-house-advances-bill-restricting-polystyrene-containers-from-restaurants/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T01:48:40.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Government & Politics",
    "Health",
    "Andy Josephson",
    "Ashley Carrick",
    "Dan Saddler",
    "plastic",
    "polystyrene",
    "Sara Hannan",
    "Styrofoam"
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  "textContent": "The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday banning restaurants from providing food in polystyrene foam containers. Representative Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage, introduced the bill to address what he called an “alarming problem” of plastic pollution. Josephson cited a statistic from the ​Ocean Conservancy, an environmental advocacy nonprofit, that found polystyrene foam is found in […]",
  "title": "Alaska House advances bill restricting polystyrene containers from restaurants"
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