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In this age of renewed environmental awareness, few things are as frustrating as receiving a package and being left with a pile of foam packaging. Beyond creating more plastic waste, styrofoam is also ...

Styrofoam remains a ubiquitous material for takeout containers, disposable coffee cups, and protective cushioning for fragile items during shipping. The material—called expanded polystyrene or ...

A city-wide Styrofoam recycling event is coming to Naperville next month. On Aug. 10, anyone wanting to get rid of the styrene plastic products often used for packaging, insulation and crafts can drop ...

We've long been dependent on styrofoam for packaging, but that lightweight protective material is virtually impossible to decompose. So it makes sense that scientists are working on--or rather, ...

SANTA CRUZ — Tucked away in a nondescript building on the Westside of Santa Cruz, the crew at Cruz Foam creates tubes and pellets of eco-friendly foam made in part from upcycled shrimp shells, which ...