Rules taking effect in California ban cups, clamshells and other food ware made from expanded polystyrene foam unless companies meet a high recycling target.

According to SciTechDaily, researchers have discovered that iron-based electrocatalysis transforms polystyrene foam into ...

A Rhode Island school is ditching plastic foam trays at lunchtime in favor of reusable stainless steel trays and sporks. It’s ...

Oceanside has banned single-use plastics and polystyrene nearly 18 months after adopting an ordinance to reduce environmental waste.

The organization recently released a source reduction baseline report and updated its covered material categories list.

In other SB 54 developments, CalRecycle also updated some recyclability and compostability designations on the covered ...

This article is the first in a series, A Fire Hose of ‘Forever Chemicals,’ which can be seen in entirety here. During 21 ...

(Megan Lamson, Hawaii Wildlife Fund via AP) (CN) — Scientists in China have developed a biodegradable foam that they say can remove up to 99.9% of microplastics from water, a major breakthrough in an ...

A new state law which took effect on Jan. 1 prohibits restaurants and food vendors from using Styrofoam to-go containers.

We make more than 14 million tons of this hard-to-recycle plastic every year ... instead of the commonly used expanded polystyrene foam, often incorrectly called styrofoam. We make more than ...