California has implemented a ban on producers of expanded polystyrene food ware from selling or distributing these products ...

California recently launched a "snitch line" webpage to report companies that produce styrofoam foodware products.

"The use of polystyrene products poses significant public health and environmental risks," Councilor Coletta Zapata said, per ...

"All processes that are considered early indicators of cancer development." Scientists issue warning after discovering ...

Polystyrene breaks down naturally in just DECADES, not the thousands of years previously predicted by scientists Polystyrene is the plastic oft used to make packing chips, cups and food boxes ...

Cascade degradation and upcycling of polystyrene waste to high-value chemicals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022; 119 (34) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203346119 ...

Single-use polystyrene (hard plastic) or expanded polystyrene (mistakenly referred to as Styrofoam) are used for drinks, take-out food, roasted chicken, straws and much more.

"Serious about doing our bit." Officials announce sweeping ban on common household items that threaten human health: 'Break ...

Polystyrene is a connected chain of tiny beads called styrene monomers. When polystyrene breaks down, those tiny beads can infiltrate waterways and be ingested by animals.

Polystyrene packaging around whitegoods will be banned by the middle of next year, under the federal government’s national plastics plan to be launched on Thursday morning. Cups and food ...