Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

Australian scientists manage to break down 90% of styrofoam polystyrene plastics in 30 minutes using violet light, air, and ...

Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata is sponsoring a hearing to assess banning styrofoam, also known as polystyrene products, in the City of Boston on Wednesday, July 16 at 10:00 AM in the ...

Eneos Corp. (Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) have completed a chemical recycling facility aimed at advancing plastics-to-oil conversion.

Following other environmental bans in Africa, one Nigerian state may soon add itself to the list of locations that no longer allow Styrofoam for food packaging. During a plenary session, the Cross ...

Sulzer has introduced its Ecostyrene technology for chemical recycling of contaminated polystyrene. With this technology, ...

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is proud to announce the launch of its licensed EcoStyrene polystyrene recycling technology, a groundbreaking ...

Polystyrene, as useful as it seemed, is a harmful substance, known to leak toxic chemicals. The foam-like structure can cause it to break into small pieces, which are easily carried away in the wind.

But they did not publicly disclose the use of chemical weapons until this week. Under the new round of sanctions, the United States will restrict exports to Sudan and its access to U.S. government ...

Expanded polystyrene foam, the white fluffy plastic in styrofoam, was banned in food service ware on Jan. 1. But shoppers in CA say its still on the shelves.

SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic industry may have spooked the governor into silence.

More information: Zahra Mohammadizadeh Tahroudi et al, Expanded polystyrene is not chemically degraded by mealworms, RSC Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4SU00618F ...