text: Local bans have been enacted elsewhere, including in many large and small cities within the US:
  * Alaska — In Alaska, the towns of Bethel, Cordova, and Seward have enacted bans. 
  * California — At least 128 cities in California have an existing polystyrene ban in some form. As of 2023, 12 counties — namely Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma have bans affecting the general public. Additionally, 27 municipalities in other counties, namely Arcata, Camarillo, Carlsbad, Carpinteria, Dana Point, Davis, Del Mar, Encinitas, Goleta, Imperial Beach, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Oceanside, Ojai, Oxnard, Palm Springs, Port Hueneme, San Clemente, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Solana Beach, South Lake Tahoe, Thousand Oaks, Truckee, Ventura, Vista, and Yountville have bans. Together these laws cover over 20.6 million people, or about 53% of the states population. The city of Berkeley passed the nations first polystyrene foodware ban in 1988, while also requiring all disposable foodware to be degradable or recyclable. 
  * Connecticut — Hamden, Groton, Norwalk, Stamford, and Westport have all enacted bans. Hamden enacted the state's first ban in 1989, and continues to retain its original ordinance.
  * Georgia — South Fulton banned single-use plastics in 2019. Atlanta banned polystyrene at city-owned buildings, including Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 
  * Illinois — Oak Park and River Forest have enacted bans. In 2023, the state legislature passed a ban affecting state agencies and universities.
  * Massachusetts — At least 66 municipalities have bans on polystyrene, including Abington, Acton, Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Athol, Attleboro, Brookline, Buckland, Cambridge, Chatham, Chelmsford, Concord, Dennis, Eastham, Easthampton, Essex, Fairhaven, Falmouth, Georgetown, Gloucester, Grafton, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hadley, Hamilton, Hanson, Ipswich, Lee, Lenox, Lexington, Lincoln, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Nantucket, Newton, Northborough, Northampton, Orleans, Pittsfield, Provincetown, Raynham, Reading, Revere, Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Shrewsbury, Somerville, South Hadley, Stockbridge, Sudbury, Swampscott, Upton, Wayland, Wellfleet, Westborough, Westfield, Westford, Whitman, Williamstown, Winthrop, and Yarmouth.
  * Minnesota — Minneapolis enacted a ban in 1989, and amended the largely unenforced ban in 2015. In 2017, the city of St. Louis Park effectively banned single-use polystyrene after mandating compostable, reusable, or locally recyclable packaging.  Saint Paul enacted a similar provision in 2022.
  * New Hampshire — Portsmouth enacted the first ban in New Hampshire in 2020. 
  * New Mexico — Santa Fe County passed a ban on serving food, or packing eggs, baked goods, or produce in polystyrene containers, affecting unincorporated parts of the county. 
  * Pennsylvania — The Boroughs of Ambler, Newtown, Swarthmore, and Townships of Montgomery, Newtown, Solebury, Tredyffrin, Upper Merion, Upper Moreland, and Uwchlan enacted bans. 
  * South Carolina — The city of Charleston adopted an ordinance in 2018, with the surrounding Charleston County adopting a similar ordinance the year after.