The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding businesses, organizations, and consumers that ...

As the new year turns over, laws regarding polystyrene foam bans and restrictions on hotel single-use plastic take effect in ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a lightweight, versatile material used in packaging, insulation, industrial and consumer goods. Despite its recyclability, misconceptions often categorize EPS alongside ...

In Auckland, there is a landfill charge of $1000 a ton to dump Expanded Polystyrene (EPS). But waste recyclers in Wellington aim to stop this waste going into landfills and to recycle the EPS material ...

A coffee cup made from polystyrene foam lies on the side of a road. Los Angeles city officials voted Tuesday to ban such products at large food or beverage facilities and retail establishments.

Researchers have developed a way to produce static electricity from motion and wind. The invention made from waste polystyrene by RMIT University in collaboration with Riga Technical University in ...

Polystyrene foam is still being sold in the state of California despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. (Susanne Rust/Los Angeles Times) Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout ...

TERNEUZEN, the Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new recycling plant in the Netherlands will recycle expanded polystyrene (EPS) demolition waste and also handle a legacy additive. The PolyStyreneLoop ...

Beetles with larvae that can digest polystyrene may help to solve the world’s mounting plastic waste crisis. Expanded polystyrene, which is used to make cups and boxes, is increasingly clogging up ...