Expanded polystyrene (EPS), also known as polystyrene foam, is a versatile and lightweight plastic. One key market for EPS is in packaging, where it’s used widely for take-out foodservice and to ...

What began as a pilot program in Lake Zurich to recycle polystyrene has become so successful the village has paused for the ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, has formed the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a collaborative effort designed to unite the polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene ...

Polystyrene is considered one of the more difficult materials to recycle, recycling experts said. Carroll and Washington counties both take only one type of polystyrene, known as Polystyrene No. 6, ...

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a North American coalition advancing scalable polystyrene (PS) and expanded ...

Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. The team of chemical engineers, based at the University of Bath in the ...

Polystyrene, the polymer commonly used to make foam packaging, insulation, and food containers, is notoriously difficult to recycle. Instead of turning the material into new polystyrene products, ...

This new recycling method would create an incentive for polystyrene to be collected and recycled instead of going into landfills or becoming plastic pollution. "I think it's important for people to ...

Last month, the state banned foam clamshells and trays. Litter wranglers said they still find other illegal items on roads. EVERETT — Over the past four years, the state Department of Ecology has ...

Kent County residents recycled nearly 30,000 tons of material last year, according to a new report from the Kent County ...

The No1 Binman on TikTok has warned about placing an item in the recycling bin, which means they'd have to leave it.

LANSING — Lansing has a new drop-off recycling center, open sun up to sun down, and it accepts polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam, at no charge. Kerrin O'Brien, executive director of the Michigan ...