Those bits that come inside your packages are called peanuts, but of course they are made from polystyrene, not anything natural. But what if we could send things packaged in popcorn—the actual food, ...

On a picture-perfect day in Seattle, Emily Gonzalez, the director of Law and Policy at Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, walked around the water at Lake Union with a large bag in one hand and a grabber in ...

The holiday shopping season is expected to bring a wave of buying and a mountain of non-recyclable packaging with it. The growing trend of sustainability is leading to companies innovating on their ...

Ottawa, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global foam protective packaging market, valued at USD 5.84 billion in 2025, is expected to rise to approximately USD 7.96 billion in 2034, based on a ...

The measure covers the making, import, supply, sale and use of these products, referred to as "styrofoam" or "takeaway packs" ...

We've long been dependent on styrofoam for packaging, but that lightweight protective material is virtually impossible to decompose. So it makes sense that scientists are working on--or rather, ...

Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She is currently an editor at Food & Wine magazine, focusing on trends and ...

As lawmakers take aim at hard-to-recycle plastic and foam, a California packaging company is introducing a new shipping cooler made of woven paper fibers that could transform how temperature-sensitive ...

Last week I told you about a campaign by the city of Sioux Falls to better educate residents about what can and can’t be recycled by distributing informational mailers. Over the weekend, though, a ...

There’s just something…weird about foam packaging, technically called polystyrene. You know what I mean - the white, squishy, tough, noisy, and seemingly ubiquitous material used to hold everything ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has announced that Ghana will officially ban the production, importation, distribution, sale and use of polystyrene foam products, commonly known as ...