How about bagel with sesame seeds? Christmas tree covered in snow? Starry sky? That should get you through another few years. But seriously now: I’m afraid those piles of excess foam still represent a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — It won't be long before reams of torn wrapping paper and a potential blizzard of Styrofoam packing peanuts finds its way to your house during the holidays. Then comes the hard part: ...

Your Amazon boxes come filled with thin foam packing sheets. Wondering what to do with them all? Keep them from the trash by reusing them in your garden.

Now that Christmas is over, you may be wondering what to do with your tree, wrapping paper, and other items left behind from the big day. The director of recycling for the City of Buffalo, Susan ...

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 ...

Those bits that come inside your packages are called peanuts, but of course they are made from polystyrene, not anything natural. But what if we could send things packaged in popcorn—the actual food, ...