Clamshell containers, cups and other food ware items made from expanded polystyrene foam are popularly—though incorrectly—called Styrofoam, which is a registered brand name for styrene foam ...

APPLETON – In an era of online shopping and meal delivery programs, families might find themselves beset by an influx of polystyrene foam. From frozen food delivery containers to protective ...

Rigid foam boards used to insulate buildings can prevent ... are undercut by environmental concerns over polystyrene products. Blowing agents used in foam production, such as hydrocarbons and ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — With enforcement of San Diego’s new ban on polystyrene foam food trays, pool toys and more scheduled to take effect April 1, city officials are scrambling to coach ...

Gov. John Carney has signed into law a ban on the use of polystyrene containers in restaurants, making Delaware the 11th state to phase out plastic foam food containers. Here is a recap of the ...

Senate Bill 51 aims to cut back on these impacts by banning polystyrene foam containers and other single-use plastics like drink stirrers and sandwich picks, from restaurant use. The bill passed ...

State Sen. Laura Fine, a Democrat from Glenview who’s sponsoring the foam container bill, said there are alternatives to polystyrene and plastic bags and that the measures are necessary “to ...

Coffee cups, plates, trays and other food and drink carriers made from the same material — known as expanded polystyrene — will also be outlawed. Single-use foam coolers, too. The prohibition ...