According to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the law also extends the exemption to allow retailers to sell ...

Critics argue that an exemption would create a double standard, exposing prisoners to health risks while small businesses comply with the ban. The bill's sponsor plans to amend the legislation to ...

AUGUSTA — Maine has delayed for the second time a full phaseout of polystyrene foam food containers.

A new law in Maine, with immediate effect, means that raw meat, poultry, seafood and eggs can continue to be sold in ...

The recipe blends sodium alginate (an inert polymer extracted from brown seaweed) with thin titanium-carbide “MXene” ...

PHOENIX — Amid global climate change and a chronic shortage of affordable housing, local construction companies and nonprofits are taking innovative steps to make homes more energy efficient ...

Polystyrene (PS) is created by mixing ethylene and benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride. This creates Ethylbenzene, which, when dehydrogenated, becomes Styrofoam. This foam-like material ...

Assembly Bill 244, which targets food dispensing establishments with 10 or more locations in the state, aims to curb the use of disposable foodware made from polystyrene foam starting October 1 ...

Surfing is a sport that's deeply symbiotic with the ocean. The sport is seeing a big green push, leading to eco-friendly surfboard technology that's revolutioni ...