State officials launched a “Foam Free Virginia” campaign in line with the legislation. The Virginia Department of ...

Advocates imagined it would be off the table. Lawmakers make last-minute move to allow controversial practice to continue for ...

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 ...

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.

Large food vendors across Virginia will soon have to ditch Styrofoam containers, with a full statewide ban by 2026.

Virginia food vendors with 20 or more locations will be banned from using Styrofoam containers starting July 1, 2025.

The report by Oceana warns plastic foam, which used to be formally called expanded polystyrene and is sometimes referred to as Styrofoam, has become an “ever-present part of modern life”.

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is a rigid, closed-cell, thermoplastic foam material made from solid beads of polystyrene polymerized from styrene monomer and containing an expansion gas (pentane ...

Expanded polystyrene foam, typically used in everything from packaging for new TVs to carry-out food containers, but Jeffrey McNaught, owner of Edgewater Surf in Rocky River, found an eco-friendly ...

Non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, petroleum-based EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam packaging is not eco-friendly stuff. There could soon be a greener and snazzier-looking alternative, however, in ...

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.

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.