A new report by Oceana warns plastic foam has become an “ever-present part of modern life” and must be phased out at a local, ...

California’s ban on Styrofoam will now be enforced after the plastic industry failed to show a 25% recycling rate of the ...

CalRecycle says polystyrene foam food ware producers no longer will be able to sell, distribute or import those products in ...

Plastic foam is made with hazardous chemicals, like its main building block styrene, which is toxic to the human nervous system. Styrene is linked to cancer and considered a probable human carcinogen ...

The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) reacted positively to the CalRecycle announcement, saying that styrofoam products are hardly recycled, often left behind at ...

Youpa Stein writes, The presence of unbound styrene in the containers, the ability of this styrene to contaminate food, and ...

The second of four Styrofoam recycling events in Sturgis takes place this weekend. The collection runs 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the city’s compost site – 27751 E. Fawn River Road. Used polystyrene ...

River Oaks Elementary students are joining a growing push to limit single-use plastics in Houston by asking Supt. Miles to ...

Jeffrey McNaught, owner of Edgewater Surf, hopes to reduce the amount of expanded polystyrene foam that ends up in landfills ...

A set of two bills championed by State Senate Democrats would ban plastic bags and remove polystyrene foam from food ...