The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new ban on certain single-use plastics, taking the latest step in an effort toward becoming a “zero-waste” city. All 12 council members present for ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The City of Oceanside took a big step toward banning single use plastic and single use foam products. City council voted unanimously to direct staff to draft an ordinance that will ...

As lawmakers take aim at hard-to-recycle plastic and foam, a California packaging company is introducing a new shipping cooler made of woven paper fibers that could transform how temperature-sensitive ...

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 ...

Polyurethane plastics are ubiquitous, used everywhere from mattresses to shoes. But once these products are no longer wanted, these materials litter landfills and oceans across the world. William ...

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 ...

Pinta offers medical device components made from foam and foam composites. Five decades ago, a tool and die shop known as Illbruck Inc. opened its doors in Leverkusen, Germany. That company made its ...

Foam Fabricators Inc. has acquired Polyfoam Corp. and taken other steps to grow the company. Polyfoam is a foam products maker and injection molder based in Northbridge, Mass. The acquisition is the ...

RecyCoolers containers are made of recyclable paper and fiber. As lawmakers take aim at hard-to-recycle plastic and foam, a California packaging company is introducing a new shipping cooler made of ...