Why can’t you recycle polystyrene foam coffee cups, egg cartons and takeout containers? The little recycle symbol on those items —which you probably think of as Styrofoam — might lead you ...

Mark Walsten called foam “the scourge of the Earth” and said he’d support a complete ban on polystyrene food packaging. Until that happens, he said, recycling is the next best solution.

Polystyrene languishes in landfills indefinitely, taking at least 500 years – and possibly much longer – to decompose. Recycling is clearly a far better option. In 2006, the Alliance of Foam ...

Suzuka Fuji Xerox Co., a machine parts manufacturing unit of Fuji Xerox Co., has developed a new technology to recycle plastics and foam polystyrene. The new technology allows used plastics and foam ...

polystyrene foam (a.k.a. “Styrofoam”) containers never belong in your mixed recycling bin or cart. Foam is excluded from nearly every mixed recycling program in the country, as sorting it ...

Recycling centers are partnering with local municipalities across the nation to recycle polystyrene foam, which is diverting thousands of cubic feet of waste from landfills.

This holiday season, try giving the planet a present as well — recycling as much of your ... the capability to sort out expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam. You can find out if there's one in ...

RIDGEFIELD PARK — If you've ever felt guilty about throwing packaging foam in the trash instead ... for all municipalities to recycle expanded polystyrene, which many call Styrofoam, a ...

Consumers are encouraged to drop off Styrofoam and other expandable polystyrene foam for recycling. This includes the hard packaging one might find protecting a new TV or computer monitor.