ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Packing peanuts, foam coolers and foam food containers could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new bill now in Congress. The recently introduced "Farewell to Foam Act" ...

This year, on International Coastal Cleanup Day last Saturday, volunteers around the world participated in the annual event by collecting and recording trash, cleaning up local beaches and producing ...

DENVER — Styrofoam has become part of most Americans’ daily lives, from packaging to food containers and more. It’s abundant because it’s cheap to produce, lightweight and convenient. However, the ...

HELENA, Mont. — As Friday’s transmittal deadline looms in Helena, legislators are working furiously to advance general bills out of their respective chambers before it’s too late. In the House, the ...

dpatop - 08 June 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Erftstadt: Sorted packaging waste stands pressed next to a hall after being separated in the sorting plant of the waste management company Remondis. (to ...

Many of us are familiar with coffee cups and to-go containers made from plastic foam — known casually, albeit incorrectly, as Styrofoam. The common foam we think of when we hear "Styrofoam" is ...

Several laws take effect in Colorado on Jan. 1. One law is House Bill 21-1162, which bans the use of single use checkout plastic bags for purchases at most retail stores across the state. Restaurants ...