The honeybee hives on the roof at Abt Electronics in Glenview are the giant retailer’s latest effort at environmentally sustainable initiatives that are also good for the bottom line. The beehives ...

California is beginning to enforce its ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or Styrofoam. A law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to ...

Washington — More than 50 lawmakers in Congress called for a national ban on expanded polystyrene foodservice products on Dec. 7, saying they wanted to build on similar plastic foam bans that have ...

When Kristina Jakupovic went through recycling bins in a Mount Prospect neighborhood last year, the public works administrative superintendent found one of the most common contaminants inside the ...

Legislation to phase out single-use plastic polystyrene foam food containers starting in 2024 advanced out of the Illinois House on Tuesday after a 67-43 vote. The bill now goes to the Senate, where ...

The holiday season brings lots of foam packing into our homes and it usually gets tossed in the trash. This year, Mecklenburg County will recycle that foam for you. We're talking about the kind of ...

BARKHAMSTED — A small regional recycling center is the first in Connecticut to obtain and use a Foam Cycle recycling machine, helping to remove plastic foam from their waste stream. The innovative ...