Over 27 million tons of single-use polystyrene packaging are produced worldwide each year, yet only 12% is recycled - most ...

GeofoamX EPS blocks are ideal for civil engineering applications, including road construction and bridge abutments, due to ...

The downside is that harmful emissions also increased. This is not too surpising, since petroleum is often used to make the styrofoam in the first place. According to Kong, quoted in New Scientist ...

Developed in Germany in the 1930s, we use that clear, hard, brittle plastic to make CD and DVD jewel cases and plastic forks. In 1941, Dow scientist Ray McIntyre invented extruded polystyrene foam ...

Created Capacity To Make Styrene, Key Ingredient of One Kind of Synthetic Rubber. Now Styrene is Built Up To Polystyrene, Presenting Industry With Large Quantities of a Cheap and Versatile Plastic ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester are using polystyrene particles rather than expensive polymers to make the next generation of solar cells, which are used to make solar panels, more ...

Ethylbenzene is an an additive that improves the functional characteristics of sustainable aviation fuels. The study is ...

A new study overcomes a key challenge to switching commercial aircraft in the U.S. from their near-total reliance on fossil fuels to more sustainable aviation fuels. The study details a cost-effective ...

It’s a new year, and that means the end of Styrofoam to-go containers in Oregon. As of Jan. 1, a new state law takes effect that bans restaurants and food carts from using polystyrene foam ...

Oceanside has banned single-use plastics and polystyrene nearly 18 months after adopting an ordinance to reduce environmental waste.