Polystyrene — the plastic America loves to hate — wants a second chance. Used in foam cups, packaging peanuts and the molded ...

It requires all food vendors — including restaurants, grocery stores and food trucks — to stop using Styrofoam for food ...

Virginia’s ban on Styrofoam is set to take effect July 1, four years after legislators approved its phase-out, with the reception getting mixed reviews despite what officials say is its harmful effect ...

Cruz Foam has launched a packaging line to displace polystyrene peanuts and bubble wrap in ecommerce. The startup, based in Santa Cruz, California, is backed by Ashton Kutcher's climate fund, At One ...

What we need is an insulation alternative that is effective, non-hazardous, and environmentally friendly, and this new material seems to fit the bill. Household insulation comes in many forms.

I continue to avoid buying Styrofoam, but I don’t really know why. In middle school, I remember being told not to chew on Styrofoam cups because the action of breaking the Styrofoam would deplete the ...

It’s not just plastic and paper bags that will be going away May 4 once New Jersey’s single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect statewide. Styrofoam products — including cups, plates, and to-go ...

Those hunks of styrofoam that encase your latest Amazon purchase could soon find a new purpose. Residents just need to look a little north — to St. Albert — to see the potential for styrofoam scraps ...

If we can recycle Styrofoam cups, does that make these disposable products less of an environmental problem? Spotting a '6' in a triangle on the bottom of these cups, some might assume that Styrofoam ...

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