Expanded polystyrene, or styrofoam, is hard to recycle. Reduce usage, repurpose the packaging, or seek out town and shipping ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Over 380 million tons of plastic are produced every year and 50% of that is for single-use purposes such as product packaging. Until now, companies have been hard-pressed to find a replacement for ...

Pregis LLC, a Chicago-based protective packaging developer, has unveiled a foam packaging product supported by certified-circular polyethylene (PE) resins through a collaboration with Irving, ...

As of April 2025, several states and cities across the United States have implemented or are moving toward banning the use of polystyrene foam (commonly known as Styrofoam) in foodware, packaging, and ...