Roseville's new Green To Go ordinance requires takeout containers to be recyclable, compostable or reusable. The ordinance passed unanimously and is similar to ordinances in nearby cities. (Glen ...

Even before I knew the sinister plastic foam’s real name, it haunted me as a child ... For example, a lesser-known but very common use of Styrofoam is for insulation panels in buildings, according to ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula.

Linen bedding has soared in popularity over the years, and now just about every major home andj bedding company offers a take on flax-derived sheets, while brands like New York–based Hawkins and ...

This is a $200 keyboard, and I expected a least a little bit of metal in the construction, but it’s all plastic here ... There are two layers of Poron foam as well as two layers of silicon ...

Flat prices Prices for polyethylene, PVC and polystyrene resins all were flat in September. For PE, that marked the second straight month of flat prices after climbing 5 cents in July. Supply ...

Solar panels are just about everywhere. There’s a good chance one of your neighbors has them on their roof, as does the big box store down the street. As you drive there, you might see a field ...

Originally designed by NASA for aircraft cushions, memory foam is made mostly from a type of plastic called polyurethane — as are most foams. But what makes memory foam “remember” the shape ...

Polling shows environmental issues are far from the top of voters’ minds this year, and the global plastics crisis rarely gets a mention—unless it’s to defend plastic straws. Nevertheless ...

Polystyrene, the foam within disposable takeout containers, and EPS are all the same material. Styrofoam, it turns out, is ...