Illinois may ban single-use plastic bags and most foam containers, aiming to cut plastic waste and protect health and the ...

Laws that target packaging materials make the new paper-fiber product an eco-friendly solution for shipping refrigerated ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering two measures designed to cut down on the use of plastic bags and polystyrene meal ...

Senate Bill 1531 in Illinois has passed and will ban disposable food containers composed in whole or in part of polystyrene ...

Advocates, citing the threat to human and environmental health, say the timing is right for legislation to phase out plastic ...

Bill would ban styrofoam containers Beginning in 2030, polystyrene foam disposable food containers would be banned in ...

Jefferson and Belmont counties are home to a pioneering recycling initiative with the launch of Ohio's first foam cycle ...

Jeffrey McNaught, owner of Edgewater Surf, hopes to reduce the amount of expanded polystyrene foam that ends up in landfills ...

One local company is celebrated Earth Day this year by becoming the first facility in the region to offer a way to recycle ...

The report by Oceana warns plastic foam, which used to be formally called expanded polystyrene and is sometimes referred to as Styrofoam, has become an “ever-present part of modern life”.