Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Polystyrene is killing our coasts. California needs to turn off the trash tap on foam takeout containers

San Francisco county supervisors recently adopted the nation’s strictest ban on polystyrene foam, prohibiting its use in takeout containers and shipping materials and barring the sale of foam retail ...
Daily Mail

Devon village bans sale of cheap polystyrene body boards that break up in the sea and harm wildlife after landslide referendum vote

A Devon village has become the first in the UK to ban polystyrene body boards after residents petitioned to have them scrapped in order to protect marine wildlife. Westward Ho! near Bideford in Devon ...
Los Angeles Times

California banned polystyrene. So why is it still on store shelves?

A ban on sales of styrofoam products used in food service was supposed to have taken effect Jan. 1, but California hasn’t taken steps to enforce it. CalRecycle, the state agency tasked with ...
C&EN

Fuming Over Foam

A couple of blocks from the delicatessens, discount stores, and auto customization shops of working-class South Brooklyn, N.Y., stands an environmental wonder. The Sunset Park Materials Recycling ...