The move follows a state mandate first passed in 2021 prohibiting the use of single-use expanded polystyrene containers, more ...

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern announces steps to phase out polystyrene food containers. Video / Jason Oxenham Polystyrene meat trays, cups and takeaway food containers are the next targets in the ...

The main market opportunities for polystyrene include growing demand in packaging due to e-commerce expansion, its essential role in consumer electronics for protection, and its thermal insulation ...

From Seattle to San Clemente, Calif., scores of cities on the West Coast have nixed the use of polystyrene foam coffee cups and hinged carryout containers within their boundaries. They cite ...

As summer approaches and Illinoisans come out to our beautiful lakes, parks and downtowns, there’s one thing no one wants to see lying around: polystyrene foam. From takeout containers to coffee cups, ...

In a victory for chemical manufacturers and polystyrene product makers, a judge last week overturned New York City’s ban on plastic foam food containers. Earlier this year, the city’s sanitation ...

The smooth, brittle material – found in everything from takeaway containers to TV packaging – is one of the most common plastics in the UK. But it is not commonly recycled due to the cost and complex ...

The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW), which operates out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has received a $50,000 grant ...

New ways of working implemented by the Fly Facility in the School of Biosciences last year have reduced material consumption in the laboratory, which will save 4.8 tonnes of carbon and thousands of ...