Washington D.C. believes it has a big problem. This time around it's not about crime or corrupt politicians, but rather polystyrene foam containers. Starting in January 2016, food and beverages that ...

While I was out and about this weekend, I saw someone had thrown their polystyrene foam foodservice packaging on the side of the street. My initial reaction: irritation that people so carelessly ...

WASHINGTON — School lunches have changed a lot over the years and now they're getting another makeover in six major U.S. cities. Polystyrene foam trays will be swapped out for compostable plates at ...

The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW) has opened a polystyrene (PS) drop-off, providing West Michigan residents a way to recycle foam PS, commonly called Styrofoam, a notoriously stubborn ...

Dart Container Corp., headquartered in Mason, Michigan, has opened a polystyrene (PS) foam drop-off center in Chicago. The center is accessible by the public 24 hours per day, seven days per week and ...

Rigid parts of low weight possible, i.e. for the same rigidity, a foam of half the density of a solid needs only a 25% greater wall thickness. Thick mouldings can be produced without sink marks.

This study focuses on the preparation of Ni-plated polystyrene (PS) microspheres (diameter 3.7–4.5 μm). These Ni-plated PS microspheres have core–shell structures that were designed and prepared using ...

Fourteen companies in the polystyrene industry are forming an alliance to try to increase recycling and get their material a coveted "widely recyclable" status on labels. In a Jan. 28 announcement, ...

There are more surfboard materials available to the consumer today than ever before in the history of the sport. Over the last several years the surfboard business has hit an all-time high with demand ...