In related news, researchers at the University of Washington recently mixed coffee grounds, mushroom spores, and mycelium to 3D-print a ‘compostable’ packaging material said to perform similarly to ...

Polystyrene resin prices dropped an average of 5 cents per pound in April, driven by falling feedstock and oil costs, according to senior reporter Frank Esposito. Demand remains soft in 2025 as ...

State Sen. Laura Fine, a Democrat from Glenview who’s sponsoring the foam container bill, said there are alternatives to polystyrene and plastic bags and that the measures are necessary “to ...

However, they're not building them in the conventional way. They're printing them using the world's largest 3D printer of its kind. "We thought, 'How do we turn that wood waste into something very ...

A ban on sales of styrofoam products used in food service was supposed to have taken effect Jan. 1, but California hasn’t taken steps to enforce it. CalRecycle, the state agency tasked with ...

The effort, House Bill 6229, would ban single-use plastics and polystyrene containers — better known under the brand name Styrofoam — from restaurants, food trucks, schools and other public ...

On Jan. 1, polystyrene packaging became illegal to sell, distribute or import into California—the result of a landmark waste law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2022, and heralded by lawmakers ...

California’s ban on polystyrene was one of the biggest wins for environmentalists in the state’s recent history. It went into effect on Jan. 1 — but no one, including the governor’s office ...

Al-Saghir Group’s NPPF expands production capacity across the UAE and GCC Al-Saghir Group’s National Polystyrene Packaging Factory (NPPF) recently celebrated its 30 th anniversary. One of the ...

Strong as steel, light as foam: Machine learning and nano-3D printing produce breakthrough high-performance, nano-architected materials - U of T Engineering News https://news.engineering.utoronto ...

Clamshell containers, cups and other food ware items made from expanded polystyrene foam are popularly—though incorrectly—called Styrofoam, which is a registered brand name for styrene foam ...

Why it matters: Over 25 million tons of single-use polystyrene packaging is manufactured annually on a global basis. However, only a tiny fraction gets recycled, with the vast majority ending up ...