This year, on International Coastal Cleanup Day last Saturday, volunteers around the world participated in the annual event by collecting and recording trash, cleaning up local beaches and producing ...

DENVER — Styrofoam has become part of most Americans’ daily lives, from packaging to food containers and more. It’s abundant because it’s cheap to produce, lightweight and convenient. However, the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Packing peanuts, foam coolers and foam food containers could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new bill now in Congress. The recently introduced "Farewell to Foam Act" ...

Many of us are familiar with coffee cups and to-go containers made from plastic foam — known casually, albeit incorrectly, as Styrofoam. The common foam we think of when we hear "Styrofoam" is ...

As a Hopkinton resident, I am disheartened to find plastic littered on the sides of roads, on wooded trails and even floating in lakes on my walks in this beautiful area. Plastic persists longer than ...

After more than a decade of negotiations and failed efforts to reduce the use of plastics, Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use ...

California is beginning to enforce its ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or Styrofoam. A law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to ...

dpatop - 08 June 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Erftstadt: Sorted packaging waste stands pressed next to a hall after being separated in the sorting plant of the waste management company Remondis. (to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 9—HIGH POINT — High Point residents now have an option aimed at helping to keep Styrofoam out of the waste stream. A drop-off ...