Polystyrene is a versatile material that is utilised in the manufacturing of a wide variety of products for end users. It is frequently used in items that require clarity, such as food packaging and ...

ALBANY — Building on earlier plastic packaging bans, the state Senate this week passed a bill banning polystyrene “beach coolers,” that environmentalists have long-sought due to the harm they say they ...

Experts in the packaging industry Thursday expressed concern over the recent lifting of a ban on disposable polystyrene tableware, due to the possible impacts on food safety and on the environment.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. A federal tax on polystyrene manufacturers was needed to accelerate the plastic phase-out plan the Albanese government has inherited ...

MANY small business owners in the food service industry are on tenterhooks as the new year dawns, wondering how they will be able to afford alternatives to expanded polystyrene food boxes and cups ...

Polystyrene containers, commonly used for takeaway meals and electronic goods, can be repurposed in countless creative ways. Finding new uses for these containers helps reduce waste and offers ...

To contain the catch, the disposable polystyrene boxes from the fishing boats of Porto Torres are banned. The styrene polymer is one of the major pollutants of the sea (and not only), of which ...

Plastic waste from one of the world's best restaurants is being transformed into hexagonal stools by Spanish designer Andreu Carulla. Called RR201, the polystyrene stools were commissioned by ...