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I hate Styrofoam so much that it is almost a personality trait. Even before I knew the sinister plastic foam’s real name, it haunted me as a child. The painfully synthetic texture of a foam cup made ...

Following the town’s successful first-time collection of expanded polystyrene foam (EPS) for recycling last month, the solid ...

As a closed-cell foam, Styrofoam products are made to provide insulation for buildings and homes, for example, and not as ...

The foam cup business started in 1963 with the founding of Dart Container. Today, the company manufactures polystyrene foam cups and other disposable food-service items, food packaging and other ...

Town Meeting banned the use of expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), commonly known as Styrofoam, in Falmouth back in 2018. That ...

Whether your favorite restaurant hasn't switched to more eco-friendly takeout containers or your partner has a yen for fast food that serves drinks in Styrofoam cups, it's nearly impossible to ...