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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

State Sen. Laura Fine, a Democrat from Glenview who’s sponsoring the foam container bill, said there are alternatives to polystyrene and plastic bags and that the measures are necessary “to ...

DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE TALKING TO THE SHOOTER, BUT THEY ARE NOT CALLING HIM A SUSPECT A A statewide ban on polystyrene foam food products was announced on Friday by CalRecycle. The ban has been in ...

California’s ban on Styrofoam will now be enforced after the plastic industry failed to show a 25% recycling rate of the material last year.