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) announced the formation of the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), marking a step toward improving polystyrene recycling across the United States.

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 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 ...

The idea of upcycling plastic waste into even more valuable products is a meritorious one, but some forms of the material lend themselves to this process better than others. Polystyrene lays at the ...

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 ...

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 Franklin County Solid Waste Management District is again collaborating with the towns of Leverett, Montague, Northfield and Warwick to hold special ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A city-wide Styrofoam recycling event is coming to Naperville next month. On Aug. 10, anyone wanting to get rid of the styrene ...