Expanded polystyrene foam, the white fluffy plastic in styrofoam, was banned in food service ware on Jan. 1. But shoppers in ...

Cup Noodles recently announced that it’s abandoning its characteristic polystyrene packaging — colloquially called Styrofoam — for a microwaveable paper cup in 2024. The news confused fans online and ...

Here's a fun fact: There's a good chance you've been using the wrong word to refer to plastic foam food containers and cups. Turns out, neither are made with real Styrofoam. Styrofoam is a ...

To consume less microplastics, swap out plastic cups for reusable alternatives, avoid processed foods and drink filtered tap ...

putting the foam cup around the outside of a cold drink plastic cup. The new double-walled paper cups are lined with plastic to help keep the hot coffee inside from burning the hands that hold it.

Now, the environmental commission is working on an amendment to require single use foodware be compostable or reusable. Even ...

Milk cartons, Styrofoam cups, grocery store bags — a new plant in Ashley, Indiana, wants them all. Brightmark's facility is the first of its kind in the US. It converts plastic waste into wax ...

The General Assembly’s Environment Committee passed a bill on March 24 that will ban plastic utensils, straws, stirrers, and ...

“If you think about it, that’s 340,000 bottles and cups less that could get into our oceans, that could get into our water works, our streams, and cause microfilaments and plastic to get ...