BARKHAMSTED — A small regional recycling center is the first in Connecticut to obtain and use a Foam Cycle recycling machine, helping to remove plastic foam from their waste stream. The innovative ...

HILLIARD, Ohio — Planning to make some big purchases this Black Friday? Large items come packed in a lot of material, especially a type that is bulky and can be tough to recycle. For Styrofoam, ...

The village is putting its foam to good use as the first Bergen County municipality to buy an expanded polystyrene densifier. Officials said the machine has already compressed more than 7,000 pounds ...

The town of Avon is soon to become the first municipality in Colorado to implement a Styrofoam recycling program. On March 19, Avon sustainability staff received notice that the town’s application for ...

A new on-site recycling center is helping Abt keep old appliances and packaging material from new product deliveries out of landfills. Though light in weight, Styrofoam - which helps keep new ...

MANKATO — Earth Day in Mankato will offer a unique opportunity to recycle a vexing waste product that typically spends a few days in the trash cart before spending a few hundred years in the landfill ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Hundreds of thousands of expanded polystyrene foam products, more commonly known as Styrofoam, are manufactured each year in the U.S. It's used to make takeout containers, disposable ...

Rep. Chris Pappas, left, attended a presentation in Gilford on April 2. Gilford Department of Public Works Director Meghan Theriault, right, handles the finished product of densified foam as Town ...

When Kristina Jakupovic went through recycling bins in a Mount Prospect neighborhood last year, the public works administrative superintendent found one of the most common contaminants inside the ...

Dublin is considering whether to join 27 other New Hampshire towns in a statewide Styrofoam recycling program and will host a trial foam collection event on Saturday, Jan. 31, with a snow date of Feb.