Why styrofoam is so hard to recycle and what you can do about it

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

Hilliard officials hope densifier machine will divert expanded polystyrene from landfill

In 2019, almost 7,000 tons of expanded polystyrene – commonly referred to by its acronym, EPS, or the trademarked name of one of its products, Styrofoam – went into the Franklin County Sanitary ...
nerdist

Popcorn Foam Is a Renewable Alternative to Polystyrene

Every year the world produces 14 million tons of—non-biodegradable—polystyrene foam. The general-purpose plastic is hard, brittle, and cheap. And it forms everything from packing peanuts to disposable ...
Times Union

Start saying goodbye to certain foam containers on Jan. 1

ALBANY - New York's ban on expanded polystyrene foam containers begins Saturday. The material, often marketed as Styrofoam, is used in food packaging but is a major contributor to environmental litter ...