The city is set to begin enforcing the Styrofoam ban today. The ban began in January, but businesses were give a six-month warning period. Today begins the official enforcement. The ban effects food ...

The new year marks the start of a ban on Styrofoam containers and packing materials in the city. Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by kids from Red Hook's P.S. 15 at a press conference Tuesday with ...

Nassau Executive Laura Curran signed into a law Tuesday a ban on the sale and distribution of Styrofoam containers in the county. The Legislature voted unanimously last month to adopt the bill, which ...

Don’t toss out that Styrofoam takeout container quite yet: what’s trash for you could be food for plastic-gobbling “superworms”. Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have found ...

From Maine to Maryland, from San Francisco to San Diego, legislators and city councilmembers have been banning expanded polystyrene—often known by the brand name Styrofoam—because they believe these ...