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

According to Towards Chem and Materials, the global polystyrene market volume is calculated at 41.09 million tons in 2025 and ...

Australian scientists manage to break down 90% of styrofoam polystyrene plastics in 30 minutes using violet light, air, and ...

Polystyrene, as useful as it seemed, is a harmful substance, known to leak toxic chemicals. The foam-like structure can cause it to break into small pieces, which are easily carried away in the wind.

The process has a yield of 60% -- meaning that if 1kg of used polystyrene were used, 600 grams of 99% pure monomer grade styrene would be left available to generate new polystyrene, thus reducing ...

Polystyrene (PS), known to most as Styrofoam, is used globally in food serving and storage, packaging (think packing peanuts), and insulation.

Illinois lawmakers are considering two measures designed to cut down on the use of plastic bags and polystyrene meal containers. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 75°F.

California, the most populous U.S. state and fifth-largest world economy, will effectively ban the use of most expanded plastic foam food containers on January 1, a move conservationists called a ...

The effort, House Bill 6229, would ban single-use plastics and polystyrene containers — better known under the brand name Styrofoam — from restaurants, food trucks, schools and other public ...