Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Styrofoam is tough to recycle, but researchers have trained bacteria to turn it into nylon ingredients. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite being banned by some states and cities because of the potential for harming the environment, Styrofoam manufacturing ...

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 ...

A statewide ban on polystyrene foam food products was announced on Friday by CalRecycle. The ban has been in effect since January because of a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that included a ...

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Say goodbye to those flimsy containers. Foam cups, plates and other tableware are banned in Washington starting Saturday. The ban is the latest phase in the state’s 2021 law that seeks to reduce the ...

ATTLEBORO — The city council has voted to ban plastic and polystyrene foam (Styrofoam) takeaway cups and containers from restaurants and other places that serve prepared food and drinks, such as ...

HELENA, Mont. — As Friday’s transmittal deadline looms in Helena, legislators are working furiously to advance general bills out of their respective chambers before it’s too late. In the House, the ...

ALBANY — Those polystyrene clam shell containers for take-home food, Styrofoam cups from restaurants and the countless "packing peanuts" will go the way of plastic grocery bags under a new New York ...

The next phase for Washington state's ban on Styrofoam is about to kick in, putting an end to an era of squeaky to-go containers used by restaurants and other businesses. Yep. No longer shall five ...