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 ...

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 ...

Many of us are familiar with coffee cups and to-go containers made from plastic foam — known casually, albeit incorrectly, as Styrofoam. The common foam we think of when we hear "Styrofoam" is ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (FOX 5 DC) — - Maryland's House of Delegates has advanced a bill to make the state the first in the nation to ban foam containers for food and drink to fight pollution. The House voted ...

Say goodbye to those flimsy containers. Foam cups, plates and other tableware are banned in Washington starting Saturday. The ban is the latest phase in the state's 2021 law that seeks to reduce the ...

Maryland's Senate voted Tuesday to make the state the first in the nation to ban foam containers for food and drink to fight pollution. The Senate voted 34-13 for the measure, which now goes to the ...