Foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants ...

Say goodbye to those flimsy containers. Foam cups, plates and other tableware are banned in Washington starting Saturday. The ban is the latest phase in the state's 2021 law that seeks to reduce the ...

New York’s ban on disposable coolers made of polystyrene foam takes effect Jan. 1. Starting then, no food service provider, ...

NEW YORK – A potential ban on plastic foam food containers in a city that thrives on takeout proved a piping-hot topic among lawmakers this week, as they debated the material’s pros, cons and ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — In just four days, New York State’s ban on foam food packaging containers, which many people refer to as "styrofoam" will go into effect and many restaurants will have to ...

SALEM, Ore. – Two bills aimed at reducing plastic pollution in Oregon are headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk for her signature, one of two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing plastic pollution in ...

Under Senate Bill 543, food vendors would be banned from offering prepared food in single-use containers made of polystyrene foam — often known as Styrofoam — beginning in 2025. The bill got its first ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Restaurants, food carts and other vendors in Oregon would be banned from serving meals in plastic foam containers under a bill state Senators approved on Monday. Four years ...

Single-use containers and packing peanuts made of polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, will be banned in New York starting Jan. 1. Lawmakers banned the foam as part of the state budget in ...

San Diego became the largest city in California to ban food containers, coolers and pool toys made of plastic foam when the City Council approved long-delayed legislation on a 7-1 vote Nov. 15. The ...

New York will enact two laws in 2022 that will make your take-out orders a little safer. You may know about the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam Food Container ban that goes into effect on January 1st.