For EPS recycling to succeed, businesses and consumers must engage in education, infrastructure expansion and corporate ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS), commonly known as styrofoam, doesn't degrade or break down over time. Styrofoam is recyclable, but it is only accepted by a very small number of recycling facilities.

A statewide crackdown on foam takeout containers is about to hit Virginia’s biggest food vendors—and there’s no dodging the ...

The technology to recycle Styrofoam cups does exist. The problem lies partially in a lack of demand for recycled EPS. Collected polystyrene products like cups can't be turned back into new cups in ...

Containers made from Styrofoam or expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam are not safe to use in a microwave, unless they have a microwave-safe label. They may leach chemicals into food, which could ...

Multiple states are banning EPS foam food containers, and Oregon’s packaging EPR program begins. Elsewhere, there are bottle ...

How to sell styrofoam. Selling EPS to recovered plastics companies is a little bit like gathering coins for bottles and cans—you won’t get much for it, but at least it’ll be reused or recycled.

Takeout food and drinks will look different from this week on. A Virginia state ban on single-use styrofoam containers became ...

Microwaving styrofoam, or EPS, can break the container and cause chemicals to leech out faster. Use microwave-safe glass containers instead.

SEATTLE — A ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam, better known as Styrofoam, containers goes into effect in Washington state on June 1 and businesses will need to make the switch or ...