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

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

New York State expanded its polystyrene ban to include cold storage containers starting at the beginning of this year.

As of Jan. 1, 2026, New York State has banned foam containers used for cold storage. The law prohibits food services, ...

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 ...

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

This legislative session, Maryland state Sen. Cheryl Kagan and Del. Brooke Lierman are introducing a ban on polystyrene foam foodservice products, including the trademarked Styrofoam versions, and ...

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 ...

New York City Council has banned the foam food containers Washington%2C D.C.%2C mayor is proposing a ban Environmentalists have been waging a decades-long campaign Polystyrene foam – commonly, but not ...

Expanded and extruded polystyrene foam has been used in a variety of applications for several decades, and for nearly as long recycling advocates have tried to explore methods to recycle the material.

San Francisco county supervisors recently adopted the nation’s strictest ban on polystyrene foam, prohibiting its use in takeout containers and shipping materials and barring the sale of foam retail ...