Recycling centers are partnering with local municipalities across the nation to recycle polystyrene foam, which is diverting thousands of cubic feet of waste from landfills.

Consumers are encouraged to drop off Styrofoam and other expandable polystyrene foam for recycling. This includes the hard packaging one might find protecting a new TV or computer monitor.

Brandon added that there are few options for recycling polystyrene foam ware. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that less than 1 percent gets recycled. California's 2022 law on ...

RIDGEFIELD PARK — If you've ever felt guilty about throwing packaging foam in the trash instead ... for all municipalities to recycle expanded polystyrene, which many call Styrofoam, a ...

If not, you should simply throw it away, rather than put it in curbside recycling, even if it resembles plastic. Don’t put it in your compost pile. Neither Styrofoam nor biodegradable plant ...

That's because the chemistry and structure of plastic materials are diverse, and each type requires a specific recycling procedure ... for processing them. Polystyrene is one such challenging ...

Stained material is acceptable. Aside from few and far between drop-off centers, such as in Winnetka and Highland Park, polystyrene foam food ware recycling is hard to come by for everyday ...

The JB Green Team is helping put the Ohio Valley and the Earth in a better frame through their new Styrofoam recycling initiative. The foam that surrounds your shipped packages, your takeout ...

But the following month, Green Century Recycling in Northwest Portland filled the gap. The company opened a customer drop-off that accepts polystyrene foam — commonly called by the brand name ...

The Mount Prospect Public Works soon will begin accepting Styrofoam materials for recycling at its facility ... The village received two grants to purchase a foam densifier that will allow ...

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 ...