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 ...

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 ...

The project proves the feasibility of post-consumer waste becoming a valuable feedstock, thus creating a circular economy for polystyrene. The project also included a commercial and an ecological ...

After three years of doling out more than $400,000, the Foam Recycling Coalition (FRC), Falls Church, Virginia, advances its foam recycling grant program with a revamped website dedicated to foam ...

Washington County began its polystyrene recycling program last year, though figures were unavailable on how much of the ubiquitous, lightweight material the county has collected, Drury said. In 2010, ...

The styrofoam commonly used to hold our leftovers can take up to 500 years to break down before turning into toxic microplastics that can harm marine life. PhotoAlto/James Hardy/PhotoAlto Agency RF ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) has released a study that maps the current state of polystyrene recycling infrastructure across the US and Canada. Conducted in partnership with Resource ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LANSING — Lansing has a new drop-off recycling center, open sun up to sun down, and it accepts polystyrene, also known as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This holiday season, try giving the planet a present as well — recycling as much of your Christmas aftermath you can. According to ...