Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Styrofoam is tough to recycle, but researchers have trained bacteria to turn it into nylon ingredients. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Containers made from Styrofoam or expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam are not safe to use in a microwave, unless they have a microwave-safe label. They may leach chemicals into food, which could increase ...

BIG ISLAND, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Big Island’s ban on polystyrene — or Styrofoam — food containers goes into effect on Monday. That means all food service vendors — meaning restaurants, food ...

San Francisco county supervisors recently adopted the nation’s strictest ban on polystyrene foam, prohibiting its use in takeout containers and shipping materials and barring the sale of foam retail ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco, say goodbye to those squeaky, Styrofoam-like coffee cups that have long been a staple of picnic outings. In fact, people in San Francisco won't be able to buy ...

Those bits that come inside your packages are called peanuts, but of course they are made from polystyrene, not anything natural. But what if we could send things packaged in popcorn—the actual food, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year the world produces 14 million tons of—non-biodegradable—polystyrene foam. The general-purpose plastic is hard, brittle, ...

It’s not just plastic and paper bags that will be going away May 4 once New Jersey’s single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect statewide. Styrofoam products — including cups, plates, and to-go ...

Five years ago, a proposed law banning the use of polystyrene containers to serve burgers, salads and other prepared foods failed in the state Assembly after heavy opposition from the plastics ...

A muskrat keeps burrowing into old dock floats made of polystyrene. Residents say it's been problem for over a year.