You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. By now, most of us have heard of Styrofoam, also known as Polystyrene. It’s ...

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 ...

It is bad enough that polystyrene is made up of the chemicals listed in the chart above, primarily from petrochemicals, but the HBCD is classified under the EU's REACH program as as a chemical of ...

Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could ...

California’s ban on polystyrene was one of the biggest wins for environmentalists in the state’s recent history. It went into effect on Jan. 1 — but no one, including the governor’s office and ...

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 ...

This year marks the 90th anniversary of polystyrene, and while some have argued it’s time for this and other polymers to retire, others envision a greener future for the material. Polystyrene sprang ...

Polystyrene—most familiarly produced as foams, including Styrofoam—has given the world cheap, lightweight insulation and containers for taking food to go. But the material biodegrades so slowly that ...