FAYETTEVILLE -- Food and beverage establishments would have seven months to use up any expanded polystyrene foam products they have and provide customers to-go containers of a different material under ...

The St. Louis-based packaging firm says it diverted 500 tons of expanded polystyrene (EPS) plastic from landfills last year.

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is a problematic material, in that it's cheap and lightweight but also non-biodegradable and difficult to recycle. German scientists have developed a possible ...

New York will enact two laws in 2022 that will make your take-out orders a little safer. You may know about the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam Food Container ban that goes into effect on January 1st.

A coffee cup made from polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, lies on the side of a road, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Agriculture Commissioner Nikki ...

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new ban on certain single-use plastics, taking the latest step in an effort toward becoming a “zero-waste” city. All 12 council members present for ...

In 2019, almost 7,000 tons of expanded polystyrene – commonly referred to by its acronym, EPS, or the trademarked name of one of its products, Styrofoam – went into the Franklin County Sanitary ...

Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Coffee cups, plates, trays, and other food and drink carriers made from the same ...

Expanded polystyrene foodservice packaging just took another legal hit in New York City as a state appeals court upheld the city's right to ban such products. The move could clear the way for the city ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State lawmakers are looking to ban foam containers, which many people might use to keep things cool this Memorial Day weekend. This proposed law (A04943/S4414A) has ...