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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 ...

SANTA CRUZ, California (KPIX) — Last month, we showed you a company in Santa Cruz that is revolutionizing the packaging industry with its eco-friendly version of polystyrene foam, commonly known as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

File - A cardboard box with packing peanuts poking out. (RDNE Stock project/Pexels) Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from ...

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, ...