A COUPLE who are building their house out of polystyrene have revealed they'll end up cutting their energy bills down by a whopping 70%. Hannah and Charlie are building their first house together ...

and cost- and energy-efficient ways to breakdown plastics to their primary building blocks such as polystyrene are urgently needed. "Less than 5% of polystyrene is recycled at present -- our work ...

Similarly, the construction industry benefits from polystyrene's exceptional thermal insulation properties, which are increasingly valued in green building initiatives aimed at energy efficiency.

Polystyrene, the main material in plastic tableware and insulating materials, is a widely used polymer but is currently difficult to recycle. Reporting in the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team of US ...

At the moment, used polystyrene can be processed into certain kinds of building materials to try to keep it out of landfills. However, a much better solution would be a way to break down its ...

referring to a state government office building in Springfield that was required to stop procuring foam, or polystyrene, for use by January 2025 under the 2023 law. Sen. Cristina Castro’s bill ...