Reduce is better than re-use - I don't think I've seen styrofoam for the last few years in the UK. Cups and food containers are paper and packaging for things like TVs is now shaped cardboard. What are you still getting in styrofoam over there?
Also happy with the M1 Mini, which has 16GB but I don't do virtualization. Mostly too many tabs.
it really depends on the state, since those regulations are currently at the state level. a lot of states frown on federal mandates, and a lot of cities frown on state mandates. we're a huge country.
Shaped cardboard packaging is not universal. I see as much styrofoam as those.
Styrofoam is terrible as 1) the council don't want it in the recycling bins. 2) inevitably it breaks, scattering little foamed plastic beads that disperse easily in wind. So it eventually contributes to the environmental microplastics
Paper covered with PFAS? Not sure whether that's any better than styrofoam.
I'm not so sure, reducing often does involve carbon release. In this case half the carbon in the styrofoam is released by the mealworms as CO2. If we can delay that a few decades why wouldn't we? Also re-use doesn't preclude eventual reduction, and by delaying it we may also be able to take advantage of more advanced reduction options. I think we need to look at these things on a case by case basis.
It is infrequent enough now that I often remark when I do see it.