The opening ceremony for the Greenbank Recycling Solutions compactor marks the start of a trial at two recycling centres the authority runs, in Waltham Forest and Barnet. As part of the trial, the ...

Polystyrene is used across the UK and the rest of the world for a variety of handy reasons. As useful as it can be, polystyrene is very slow to biodegrade, and is a big polluter of oceans around the ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS), also known as polystyrene foam, is a versatile and lightweight plastic. One key market for EPS is in packaging, where it’s used widely for take-out foodservice and to ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced the formation of the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), marking a step toward improving polystyrene recycling across the United States.

Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. The team of chemical engineers, based at the University of Bath in the ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, has formed the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a collaborative effort designed to unite the polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene ...

Polystyrene’s typically high level of contamination makes it hard to recycle, but recycling companies around the world are proving it can be done with new innovations, Waste Management World reports.

Polystyrene, the polymer commonly used to make foam packaging, insulation, and food containers, is notoriously difficult to recycle. Instead of turning the material into new polystyrene products, ...

This collaboration will expand polystyrene collection in Denver and Baltimore. The Plastics Industry Association formed PSRA as a collaborative effort to unite the PS and EPS industries. Logos ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding businesses, organizations and consumers of upcoming ...