Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is a problematic material, in that it's cheap and lightweight but also non-biodegradable and difficult to recycle. German scientists have developed a possible ...

Redwood City, California-March 20, 2025-Polystyrene foam is still being sold in the state of California despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Many products are being sold at the Smart & ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — All expanded polystyrene products used for packaging food products, including foam carriers, could be banned from all Maryland food businesses if pending legislation is passed in ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS), also known as polystyrene foam, is a versatile and lightweight plastic. One key market for EPS is in packaging, where it’s used widely for take-out foodservice and to ...

President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order from the Oval Office after a judge halted construction on the White House ballroom. by Joel Moreno, KOMO News SEATTLE — A ban on expanded polystyrene ...

The market for alternatives to expanded polystyrene food and beverage containers got a significant boost last week when New York City finalized its ban on these materials, despite heavy lobbying by ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Food and beverage establishments would have seven months to use up any expanded polystyrene foam products they have and provide customers to-go containers of a different material under ...

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 ...

Every year the world produces 14 million tons of—non-biodegradable—polystyrene foam. The general-purpose plastic is hard, brittle, and cheap. And it forms everything from packing peanuts to disposable ...

In 2019, almost 7,000 tons of expanded polystyrene – commonly referred to by its acronym, EPS, or the trademarked name of one of its products, Styrofoam – went into the Franklin County Sanitary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polystyrene foam is still being sold in the state of California despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. (Susanne Rust ...