PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a machine to effectively break down expanded polystyrene foam to reduce its impact on landfill space," said an inventor, from McCordsville ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is a problematic material, in that it's cheap and lightweight but also non-biodegradable and difficult to recycle. German scientists have developed a possible ...

California, the most populous U.S. state and fifth-largest world economy, will effectively ban the use of most expanded plastic foam food containers on January 1, a move conservationists called a ...

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 ...

Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Coffee cups, plates, trays, and other food and drink carriers made from the same ...

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 ...

Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ban ...

Dublin, Oct. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Expanded Polystyrene Market Report by Product (White, Grey, Black), End Use Industry (Building and Construction, Packaging, Automotive, and Others), and ...