LIHU‘E — Island eateries will no longer serve food in polystyrene containers beginning Jan. 1, when a county ordinance passed in 2020 finally takes effect.

A San Diego chef and caterer filed suit after buying plastic foam cups at this Smart & Final Store in National City, Calif. (Luke Johnson / Los Angeles Times) Fed up with the state's refusal to ...

Once upon a time, rivers and railway lines across China were littered with white foam food containers, which when microwaved, had the potential to cause toxic poisoning. They were banned over a decade ...

StePacPPC's green packaging helps packers and shippers of produce transition from environmentally unfriendly ice-filled polystyrene foam and waxed carton boxes. Polystyrene foam boxes filled with ice ...

Polystyrene is a versatile material that is utilised in the manufacturing of a wide variety of products for end users. It is frequently used in items that require clarity, such as food packaging and ...

APPLETON - This holiday season, your household will probably have a bag full of polystyrene foam that, in years prior, likely ended up in the trash. This year, Outagamie County's Recycling and Solid ...

Expanded and extruded polystyrene foam has been used in a variety of applications for several decades, and for nearly as long recycling advocates have tried to explore methods to recycle the material.

Soon, however, such boxes could be upcycled into a greener alternative to EPS. Not only is polystyrene derived from petroleum (the extraction and refinement of which is harmful to the environment), ...