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, ...

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), Washington, has formed the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a collaborative effort designed to unite the polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Outagamie County Recycling & Solid Waste “Foam Dome” polystyrene foam densifier on Tuesday November 30, 2021, in Little Chute, Wis ...

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 ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In keeping with its plan to develop a long-term sustainable model for plastics recycling, AmSty, a leading U.S. based producer of polystyrene, is taking a big ...

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 ...

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 ...

After three years of doling out more than $400,000, the Foam Recycling Coalition (FRC), Falls Church, Virginia, advances its foam recycling grant program with a revamped website dedicated to foam ...

That instinct to drop anything plastic, paper or cardboard into the recycling bin is hard to shake, but it's also one of the ...