Styrofoam accounts for 30% of waste in the landfill, according to Lott Industries. The company has been recycling styrofoam for over two years, and it wants to expand its mission in the community. “We ...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS), also known as polystyrene foam, is a versatile and lightweight plastic. One key market for EPS is in packaging, where it’s used widely for take-out foodservice and to ...

The only other county in the state to recycle polystyrene, Washington County, also contracts out its recycling to a private company, which sorts the recyclables and sells the materials on the scrap ...

This holiday season, try giving the planet a present as well — recycling as much of your Christmas aftermath you can. According to Stanford, Americans throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving ...

Worthington announces a post-holiday Styrofoam recycling event on January 11, 2026, to reduce polystyrene waste.

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 ...

APPLETON - This holiday season, your household will probably have a bag full of polystyrene foam that, in years prior, likely ended up in the trash. This year, Outagamie County's Recycling and Solid ...

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 ...

The Rotary Club of Austin-Southwest organizes a monthly Styrofoam cleaning event aimed at reducing waste and reusing the material. Hosted the first Saturday of every month, the club collects, cleans ...

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

For Christmas trees, place them at the curb or at your regular pickup location between Jan. 5 and 16 and they will be collected. Residents recycling their trees were advised to remove ornaments and ...