Critics argue that an exemption would create a double standard, exposing prisoners to health risks while small businesses comply with the ban. The bill's sponsor plans to amend the legislation to ...

The recipe blends sodium alginate (an inert polymer extracted from brown seaweed) with thin titanium-carbide “MXene” ...

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According to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the law also extends the exemption to allow retailers to sell ...

Ban needed on polystyrene foam Posted June 16, 2025 4:00 am As summer approaches and Illinoisans come out to our beautiful lakes, parks and downtowns, there’s one thing no one wants to see lying ...

AUGUSTA — Maine has delayed for the second time a full phaseout of polystyrene foam food containers. Gov. Janet Mills signed ...

Learn more. AUGUSTA — Maine has delayed for the second time a full phaseout of polystyrene foam food containers. Gov. Janet Mills signed a law, LD 1306, on May 30 as an emergency measure ...

Polystyrene (PS) is created by mixing ethylene and benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride. This creates Ethylbenzene, which, when dehydrogenated, becomes Styrofoam. This foam-like material ...