June 25, 2008
Morning Roundup
- Who spray painted racist and obscene slogans on New Territory homes and vehicles this weekend? That's what police are trying to figure out
- And, speaking of things police want to know, consider this: How did a handgun make it past security at the municipal courthouse?
- Medical examiner's preliminary report on the deaths of two Pasadena children: They died after an "unknown violent episode"; meanwhile, the kids' father claims drug dealers killed the children
- Looks like the city's Hogg Bird Sanctuary is anything but a sanctuary these days
- The HISD school board will vote Thursday on a proposal to begin using biodegradable cafeteria trays
- Stafford Mayor Leonard Scarcella: Metro is turning its back on Fort Bend's commuter rail needs because it doesn't want to tangle with Union Pacific
- Officials in Clute are trying to clean up houses and apartments contaminated by a mercury spill earlier this month
- Looks like the Heights may be getting its own Ashby high-rise if rumors of a 14-story condo tower adjacent to Onion Creek turn out to be true
- Today's weather: Guess! And if you guessed a high in the low 90s with a good chance of afternoon showers, you're right. Look for a decreased chance of rain tonight with a low in the mid 70s.
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Is a vote really necessary for biodegradable lunch trays? I thought that would be a no-brainer?
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I think the problem is that, by the time Monday's steak becomes Friday's "chef's surprise," the trays will already have started to disintegrate. That could get messy.
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What happened to washing the industrial plastic trays that used to be standard?
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That's my question! I wonder if too many stupid students were throwing them away instead of taking them back to the tray return...
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It's not a matter of washing or not washing -- the idea is that when you throw away the standard industrial trays, they take 4 million years to biodegrade. The new trays would take only 3 million years.
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I should add: When you throw the trays away when they get worn out.
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Yeah, back in the day I remember using plastic trays and they would just wash them off.
I guess after 9/11 they thought the students would make shivs out of those plastic treys. That or they were just taking the cheap way out and not hiring a wash person.
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Think of the money HISD could save on cleaning agents, water and manpower to wash those reusable trays?
And I think those try biodegrade in 2 million years not 3.