Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. The chemical method identified to tackle hard-to-recycle packaging ...

What if you could take leftover chocolate cake and recover the flour from it in a pure, clean form? You could then take that flour and make a new cake, or you could make bread, pasta, or lemon bars.

The project proves the feasibility of post-consumer waste becoming a valuable feedstock, thus creating a circular economy for polystyrene. The project also included a commercial and an ecological ...

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) has released two business cases challenging the classification of polystyrene packaging materials, presenting evidence that both expanded polystyrene (EPS) ...

Foam Cycle, Augusta, New Jersey, a manufacturer of packaging recycling systems, was recently issued a utility patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “method and system of recycling ...

This new recycling method would create an incentive for polystyrene to be collected and recycled instead of going into landfills or becoming plastic pollution. "I think it's important for people to ...

After three years of doling out more than $400,000, the Foam Recycling Coalition (FRC), Falls Church, Virginia, advances its foam recycling grant program with a revamped website dedicated to foam ...

A binman has revealed what bin polystyrene should go in, admitting it is one of the most commonly confused items. The plastic ...

Cincinnati — Justin Riney is unapologetic about his love for plastics. But he also understands the company he works for makes plastics that are a target for detractors. As sustainability commercial ...

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance, an industry-led group that aims to grow recycling systems and end markets for many types of PS, is working to develop an inventory of U.S. and Canada-based end ...

LANSING — Lansing has a new drop-off recycling center, open sun up to sun down, and it accepts polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam, at no charge. Kerrin O'Brien, executive director of the Michigan ...

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 ...