Polystyrene, the polymer commonly used to make foam packaging, insulation, and food containers, is notoriously difficult to recycle. Instead of turning the material into new polystyrene products, ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Over the past three years, two counties in Maryland have imposed bans on polystyrene foam products in their restaurants and schools. Now it's Baltimore City's turn to again consider ...

In addition to the ban, businesses would also be required to use plastic alternatives certified by the Biodegradable Products ...

In case you need any more evidence that the state Legislature plans to completely undermine local governments’ attempts to decide what is good for their communities, today the state House approved an ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Polystyrene-Plastic Material and Resins Market (2024 Edition): Analysis by End-User Industry (Packaging Industry, Construction, Consumer, Electronics, and Other End-User ...

The Woodlands, Texas-based AmSty and Tigard, Oregon-based Agilyx have formed a joint venture, Regenyx LLC, “dedicated to fully recycling postconsumer polystyrene materials back to new polystyrene ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With an end goal of keeping polystyrene products out of landfills through an innovative circular recycling process, AmSty is announcing its commitment that all ...

Starting July 1, restaurants, grocery stores and other food providers in Ventura will be banned from using food and drink containers made of expanded polystyrene, commonly known by the trademarked ...

Now that a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags is in place, polystyrene is the next front in the battle against ubiquitous and harmful plastic waste. Culver City entered the fight this week, ...

Polystyrene can be used once and thrown away, like with a coffee cup, or recycled back into new products over and over again. Regenyx prefers the second method. The Oregon company, a joint venture of ...