New York State expanded its polystyrene ban to include cold storage containers starting at the beginning of this year.

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 ...

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

As of Jan. 1, 2026, New York State has banned foam containers used for cold storage. The law prohibits food services, ...

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

NEW YORK — Foam makes up one half of one percent of New York City’s total waste, takes decades if not centuries to biodegrade and can end up polluting waterways. And it could cost the city millions a ...

WASHINGTON, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Oceana released a new report, "Plastic Foam Needs 'To Go,'" revealing the dangers behind single-use plastic foam products like clamshell takeout ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Restaurants, food carts and other vendors in Oregon would be banned from serving meals in plastic foam containers under a bill state Senators approved on Monday. Four years ...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to shift much restaurant dining from eat-in to takeout, Maryland next week becomes the first state in the nation to ban the familiar foam containers used to carry ...

As restaurants and retailers have struggled to keep their doors open during the pandemic, foam containers have become the lifeblood of many restaurants as takeout orders have exploded. But Connecticut ...

At the beginning of 2013, when New Yorkers were all het up debating the virtues, or lack of, of Bloomberg’s soda ban, most failed to pick up on another controversial food-related prohibition the New ...

Your coffee shop's cup of Joe may be getting a makeover as more U.S. cities try to curb litter with bans or limits on foam cups and takeout food containers. The campaign against polystyrene packaging, ...