Styrene was purified by overnight treatment with calcium hydride followed by percolation trough activated basic alumina. Toluene was refluxed and distilled in the presence of sodium/benzophenone ...

Polystyrene is one of the most common materials used for take-away food packaging. Its convenient, cheap to use and also helps to keep food warm. However, we tend to throw it away without a second ...

Polystyrene can be used once and thrown away, like with a coffee cup, or recycled back into new products over and over again. Regenyx prefers the second method. The Oregon company, a joint ...

Guoliang Liu at Virginia Tech and his colleagues have developed a method to break down polystyrene and convert it into a chemical that is far more valuable. The process is energy efficient and ...

Enzymes produced by gut bacteria in larvae of the beetle Zophobas morio can digest polystyrene. The enzymes could be adapted to degrade plastic in recycling plants. A previous study had found that ...

Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could ...

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 ...

By giving polystyrene a second life as a tube of lip balm, they hope to both reduce plastic waste and supply crucial materials for other products. “We realized how plastic wastes are making a ...