ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As of Jan. 1, 2026, New York State has banned foam containers used for cold storage. The law prohibits food services, manufacturers, and distributors from using polystyrene foam ...

A couple are saving £100,000 by building their own house, but they’re using an unconventional material to do it. Hannah Bird and her husband Charlie, both 26, purchased a quarter-acre plot of land in ...

British company Carbon Cell has used agricultural waste to make a carbon-negative and compostable alternative to polystyrene packaging and building insulation that avoids contributing to plastic ...

North American polystyrene resin prices have dropped an average of 2 cents per pound since Oct. 1, marking the second consecutive price decline for that material. Regional PS prices also had dropped 2 ...

From its accidental discovery in a German apothecary shop in 1839 to becoming one of the world's most versatile and widely produced plastics, polystyrene has shaped modern manufacturing, packaging, ...

The Minnesota Star Tribune is closing its Minneapolis printing facility at the end of the year and shifting print production to Iowa, ending a 158-year run of locally printed newspapers. About 125 ...

Used plastic plates, cups, forks, spoons, napkins, and bottles strewn about a grassy area Although polystyrene consumer products are incredibly common, the economics of recycling means most of this ...

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen in Windows using the Print key; the key combination Alt+Print captures an image of the currently open window. However, you can also set the Print key to ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — California now has a dedicated webpage for the public to report violations of the statewide ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene (EPS), commonly known as Styrofoam. Beginning ...

A ban on sales of styrofoam products used in food service was supposed to have taken effect Jan. 1, but California hasn’t taken steps to enforce it. CalRecycle, the state agency tasked with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trash boom is set up in Tijuana to prevent tons of plastics and other garbage from flowing into the United States. (Alejandro ...