New York City’s recent decision to ban foam food service products due to curbside recycling obstacles has raised another question: What are other municipalities doing with the material?
New York City’s recent decision to ban foam food service products due to curbside recycling obstacles has raised another question: What are other municipalities doing with the material?
The leaders of a plastics-to-oil plant in Oregon are putting their main business plans on hold and instead processing expanded polystyrene packaging.
A county in Nova Scotia is leveraging an industry grant to open the door to accepting expanded polystyrene in its curbside recycling program.
Crews are nearing completion of a South African village built in part with recovered colored and black EPS.
Spanish researchers develop special washing and extrusion methods to remove odors when recycling EPS fish boxes, and Keurig says it is aiming to produce recyclable K-Cup coffee capsules.
After more than seven years in business, drop-off and densifying operation ReFoamIt has closed its doors.
A Quebec company using essential oils to prepare polystyrene foam for recycling has raised millions of dollars to build a bigger plant.
San Francisco has approved a wide-ranging ban on expanded polystyrene products.
More foam polystyrene collection centers are opening in the U.S., and a clothing company introduces a new line made from recycled ocean plastics.
Clothing and shoe company Timberland talks about its plan to use plastic recovered from the streets of Haiti, and The Onion takes a satirical look at the ocean plastics problem.