More than 50 years ago, Michael McAlister left his successful role as a national sales manager for polystyrene and established Lone Star Chemical as a distribution partner for his former company's ...

Expanded polystyrene foam, the white fluffy plastic in styrofoam, was banned in food service ware on Jan. 1. But shoppers in CA say its still on the shelves.

California is beginning to enforce its ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or ...

Youpa Stein writes, The presence of unbound styrene in the containers, the ability of this styrene to contaminate food, and ...

Several states across the US have recently implemented or are preparing to introduce bans on polystyrene foam products.

Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...

These plastics are derived from starches such as maize, wheat, potato and cassava. One example is thermoplastic starch (TPS), ...

A CSIRO study has found 39% less plastic pollution in and around Australian coastal cities over ten years. It also found more ...

As U.S. states start to write detailed rules for plastics and packaging EPR, a recent conference outlined what to expect. One ...

A set of two bills championed by State Senate Democrats would ban plastic bags and remove polystyrene foam from food ...

Styrofoam coffee cups, plates, clamshell takeout containers and other food service items made with expanded polystyrene plastic can still be found in restaurants and on store shelves, despite a ...

The expanded polystyrene ban is part of a single-use plastic law, Senate Bill 54, that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in 2022 but bailed on earlier this month.