Polystyrene absorbs toxins in the water, such as DDT, a carcinogenic pesticide still in use outside the United States, and PCBs, which are also suspected carcinogens. Advertisement ...

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

Now that a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags is in place, polystyrene is the next front in the battle against ubiquitous and harmful plastic waste. Culver City entered the fight this week ...

Let us praise the polystyrene food container. With its perforated hinges and recyclable plastic, that clamshell-shaped symbol of insulation does more to ...

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 ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed several bills last month aimed at reducing plastic and polystyrene use. Two other bills environmental advocates say are important steps to improving reusable systems and m… ...

In 2007, the city prohibited the use of polystyrene use in all to-go food containers. More than 100 cities, along with Washington, DC, now have similar laws in place.

A sixth-grader's plea helped persuade Brevard County officials to seek ways to cut polystyrene use. Emily Oliver came before the County Commission to talk about the negatives of polystyrene on the ...