Despite being banned by some states and cities because of the potential for harming the environment, Styrofoam manufacturing increased slightly in the United States in 2022. According to ...

Feel like you're seeing fewer Styrofoam containers these days? You may be right. According to Packaging Dive, a wave of Styrofoam bans started sweeping over the United States in 2025. States like ...

Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Restaurants throughout Oregon will need to ditch to-go containers made of plastic foam by 2025, under a bill headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk. Senate Bill 543, long a priority ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A noodle dish in a Styrofoam container with chopsticks - Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images Mistakes happen, but microwaving ...

A Styrofoam container is shown with take out food at a restaurant in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Delaware is getting close to trashing Styrofoam, following suit ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Starting next month, Washington businesses and organizations will no longer be allowed to use or offer Styrofoam takeout containers. State lawmakers approved the law banning ...

The Oregon Senate on Monday passed a bill that would ban prepared food venders from using foam containers, which take centuries to decompose. Senate Bill 543 banning polystyrene takeout containers, ...

Foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is officially the first state in the nation to ban the use of polystyrene, or Styrofoam, food containers. On Tuesday, April 30, Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill to prohibit the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Packing peanuts, foam coolers and foam food containers could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new bill now in Congress. The recently introduced "Farewell to Foam Act" ...

Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Coffee cups, plates, trays, and other food and drink carriers made from the same ...