Hold The Foam: After Activists’ Appeal, ThunderCloud Subs Says It’s Dropping Polystyrene Cups
By Jenny Gregorcyk • June 7, 2018
Austin-based ThunderCloud Subs says it’s phasing out cups made of polystyrene, commonly referred to as Styrofoam. The announcement comes after the nonprofit Environment Texas petitioned the sandwich chain to make the change.
“We had asked our members which local businesses they’d most like to see stop using polystyrene,” Environment Texas’ executive director, Luke Metzger, said. “And we heard over and over again, people say that they really wanted ThunderCloud to take action, and that they were disappointed to see ThunderCloud using Styrofoam in some of their restaurants.”
ThunderCloud spokesperson Brenda Thompson said the company had already been planning to phase out the cups.
“They phased out Styrofoam completely several years ago and their supplier subsequently was unable to provide a certain size of cups, and so they began using foam cups again with a plan to get rid of them completely,” she said. “There will be none by the end of the year at the latest.”