The city of Coral Gables is working to bring an August order by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal before the state Supreme Court.

The Third DCA issued an opinion on Aug. 14 ruling Coral Gables’ local ordinance banning the sale and use of polystyrene — a plastic foam generally used to store food and widely known as its branded iteration Styrofoam — could not be enforced under existing state law. Now, the city is drafting a motion to invoke the jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court.

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