Here’s how it works. Packaging company Sealed Air offers an innovative packaging solution known as the Instapak Foam-in-Place, the perfect solution to safely packing and shipping objects with ...

Perdue Farms will start packaging some of its meat products in a more earth-friendly way with compostable foam made of cornstarch that disintegrates under running water. The company said the new ...

Senate Bill 543 would phase out polystyrene foam dishware, packing peanuts and coolers, and will prohibit the use of PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals,” in food packaging. It takes effect ...

The ban on foam packing peanuts took effect last year. Expanded polystyrene, which is “notoriously” difficult to break down and cannot be recycled by most facilities, tends to crumble into ...

And as part of it, lawmakers decided to ban single-use containers and packing peanuts made of polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam. Get ready to stay goodbye to that stuff: The ban goes ...

The holiday season brings lots of foam packing into our homes and it usually gets tossed in the trash. This year, Mecklenburg County will recycle that foam for you. We're talking about the kind of ...

The personal care brand Lush uses “eco-flo chips” in its packaging, an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional foam packing peanuts. Made from potato starch, these dissolvable ...

It also prohibits businesses from using or selling foam packing peanuts or single-use foam coolers. The Senate approved the bill in early April. Nine cities in Oregon already have local policies ...

The bill also would prohibit vendors from using or selling single-use styrofoam coolers and foam packing peanuts. Those bans would take hold in 2025, and impose fines ranging from $100 to $500 a ...

Brian Wilke has lived in his Westerville home for about 20 years. And until now, he said he's had few reasons to complain about city services or annoyances of suburban life. But when he learned ...