As the new year turns over, laws regarding polystyrene foam bans and restrictions on hotel single-use plastic take effect in ...

The "Polystyrene Industry Outlook to 2030 - Capacity and Capital Expenditure Forecasts with Details of All Active and Planned Plants" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of polystyrene, and while some have argued it’s time for this and other polymers to retire, others envision a greener future for the material. Polystyrene sprang ...

The growth in global polystyrene production capacity from 2025 to 2030 presents significant market opportunities in packaging, construction insulation, and consumer goods. Key areas for development ...

Polystyrene comes in pleasing shapes but where does it end up? (Picture: Getty) Plastics waste is now a waking environmental nightmare that no world leader can afford to ignore. The insane excess of ...

Polystyrene—most familiarly produced as foams, including Styrofoam—has given the world cheap, lightweight insulation and containers for taking food to go. But the material biodegrades so slowly that ...

Bordeaux and Marseille chemists have succeeded in transforming two of the most widely used but also most difficult plastics ...

Australian businesses are hurrying to meet a deadline to phase out many types of single-use plastics. The federal government wants to phase out plastics that end up in landfill, including expanded ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Until today, it was thought that polystyrene would pollute the environment ...

Scientists have discovered a green, low-energy process to break down polystyrene, a type of plastic that is widely used in foam packaging materials, disposable food containers, cutlery, and many other ...