Walking along the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River Thousand Islands, the beaches may seem scenic and pristine. However, upon closer inspection, a barely noticeable form of pollution is encroaching ...

Three Rivers Waterkeeper looking for plastic pollution in the Ohio River, in Monaca, Beaver County, Pa. Environmental groups and the state Department of Environmental Protection have reached a $2.6 ...

Manufacturers call it “loose-fill.”Environmentalists have nastier names for the packing material — peanut- shaped polystyrene that is nonbiodegradable.Although they do not decompose, the foam pellets, ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In keeping with its plan to develop a long-term sustainable model for plastics recycling, AmSty, a leading U.S. based producer of polystyrene, is taking a big ...

QUESTION: What is Styrofoam made of? ANSWER: You may have used or seen Styrofoam recently for a variety of reasons, such as for packing material, drinking cups or even as a cooler. I also bet you know ...

From afar, the tiny white specks made it seem as though it had snowed at Huntington State Beach. In reality, they were thousands of tiny polystyrene foam balls — debris leaked from bean bag chairs at ...