. >> reporter: steve cyrus says he uses the bowls at all of his stores. all of the other containers are combustible. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of tons of take out food containers end up in landfills. >> it's 5,000 restaurants in san francisco. half of them do take out service. >> reporter: san francisco recycler and trash hauler recology says byoc is real and growing. >> it's the next step in being green. >> reporter: some folks bring in glass containers, others metal boxes. others japanese bento boxings. they provide glass container jars. >> you will get a discount in the future and the jars cost about a dollar a jar. i think it really reduces the amount of containers. this neighborhood is good. people barely ask for bags here. they bring their own bags and they try to bring their own containers. >> it's eliminating garbage. it's better than recycling. >> reporter: where else than right here in the bay area. reporting live consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> b.a.r.t. has approved a contract. the transit agency says the warm sprin

steve chabot of ohio. i'd also like to welcome ranking member ackerman of new york, mr. cyrus of new jersey will be sitting in for the ranking member engel today. i thank you for being here. we are examining the administration's policies through the use of sanctions. for the past decade, the united states has focused much of its attention on the middle east. since the 9/11 attacks, americans have invested over a trillion dollars fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. since 2001, 6072 americans have died in operations enduring freedom, iraqi freedom and new dawn. another 44,266 have been injured. in afghanistan alone these numbers have risen dramatically since our current president took office in 2009. wednesday evening president obama announced the intent to withdraw 33,000 troops from afghanistan by the fall of 2012. this will leave approximately 67,000 troops behind which is twice as many as when president obama entered office. while i support withdrawal, it must be prudent because it is the right thing to do based on facts and not because it is convenient. while we comb