Hoping to build on recent efforts to outlaw foam containers and disposable foodware, the Maui County Council is considering a ban on the sale and use of polystyrene foam coolers and ice chests as well ...

Maine, New York and Vermont have passed bans on polystyrene food containers as well, although those states have yet put their bans into effect Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He ...

Three years ago, New York City banned single-use food containers and packing peanuts made out of polystyrene foam. Some suburban counties like Westchester and Nassau soon followed. Now, the rest of ...

A Maui County Council committee will take up a bill this afternoon to ban polystyrene food containers, a measure similar to a plastic grocery bag ban that took effect in 2011. The Infrastructure and ...

Disposable food containers and other products with polystyrene foam and polyfluoroalkyl substances are prohibited for sale and use in Sonoma County, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted ...

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" ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Oregon on Monday became the 10th state in the U.S. to ban polystyrene foam ...

NEW YORK (WKBW) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced proposed regulations to ban polystyrene foam containers and loose fill packaging, which are commonly ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — No more extensions, city officials said the food ware ordinance banning disposable foam and plastic take-out containers goes into effect next week. Starting Sept. 6, businesses will ...