A number of new Virginia laws go into effect on Tuesday!

A Styrofoam ban takes effect in Virginia on July 1, starting with food vendors with more than 20 locations in the commonwealth. School divisions also received guidance earlier this year that the ban would apply to them as well.

Ralph Northam signed a bill that will eliminate single-use plastic at state agencies and public colleges and universities by 2025. This comes after he signed a bill banning all food vendors from using Styrofoam starting July 1, 2025. Some Lynchburg businesses are already ahead of the curve. “We knew that a lot of our recipients were actually microwaving the Styrofoam,” said Tracey Dixon, executive director of Lynchburg Daily Bread. She said the bigger issue was disposing the containers; so, for the past year, they switched to mineral-based containers.

Getty Images(CNN) - New York City will begin officially enforcing its ban on Styrofoam beginning Monday. "New York City's ban on Styrofoam is long overdue, and New Yorkers are ready to start using recyclable alternatives," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said last year when he announced the ban. The Styrofoam ban in New York makes it the largest US city to ban the material. Maine announced last month that it will ban foam food containers statewide beginning in 2021. So did McDonald's, which said it would use renewable or recyclable materials in all of its packaging by 2025.