The Sept. 21 "He said she said" feature does a good job of drawing attention to an issue that affects all members of the Blacksburg community (and, really, all residents of planet Earth): the use of ...

Styrofoam is not only killing our environment, but it’s killing people as well. We all know that styrofoam is bad for the environment, but it is also very harmful to our bodies. The U.S. Environmental ...

Americans throw away 76 million tons of containers and packaging annually, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This includes 25 billion polystyrene (Styrofoam) coffee cups. The Earth ...

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Expanding the ban on Styrofoam containers as considered by the Albany County Legislature is bad for business, health, quality of life and bad for the environment. Two recent letters ("Styrofoam ban ...

Our waterways are under threat from harmful plastic pollution. Americans throw away an estimated 70 million plastic foam cups each year, and about one-third end up in our rivers, lakes, and oceans.

A letter regarding styrofoam recycling was positive and a nice change from the usual negative comments. Those of us who may not have the room to collect or the ability to travel to the landfill to ...

Canada should ban styrofoam items. Did you know that people throw away about 25 billion styrofoam cups a year? Styrofoam cannot decompose. If you put styrofoam items in a trash can, the garbage truck ...