Environmental organizations in California are urging the state agency CalRecycle to more aggressively enforce a ban on ...

The United States building thermal insulation market is growing at a 4.2% CAGR, driven by energy awareness, retrofitting demand, and green building incentives. The building thermal insulation market ...

However, not all polystyrene panels are created equally. There is Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) or Extruded Polystyrene (XPS), with XPS being denser and a better insulator. The main difference between ...

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 ...

Although foam core insulation was a popular choice in the past, foam core made of extruded polystyrene insulation (XPS ... There is one type of foam board insulation that has green potential. Expanded ...

Plastic-based insulation materials — such as expanded and extruded polystyrene — are the most common. While they offer several benefits in terms of thermal conductivity and water resistance, producing ...

DuPont, which produces the trademarked Styrofoam brand, explains that Styrofoam is referred to as "extruded polystyrene" or XPS, which is structurally different from expanded polystyrene (EPS) which ...

parings and scrap of polymers of styrene expanded (excluding those of a single thermoplastic material, transformed into primary forms) KG Polystyrene (PS), extruded polystyrene (XPS), rigid ...

It’s often mistakenly called Styrofoam, but that is the name brand for an extruded polystyrene that is different from the expanded polystyrene (EPS) typically used for food packaging. In 2021, the ...