In this age of renewed environmental awareness, few things are as frustrating as receiving a package and being left with a pile of foam packaging. Beyond creating more plastic waste, styrofoam is also ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Foam cups for customers are pictured at the coffee counter of ...

There’s just something…weird about foam packaging, technically called polystyrene. You know what I mean - the white, squishy, tough, noisy, and seemingly ubiquitous material used to hold everything ...

Ottawa, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global foam protective packaging market, valued at USD 5.84 billion in 2025, is expected to rise to approximately USD 7.96 billion in 2034, based on a ...

The steep rise of e-commerce has been a boon for consumers, but the packaging that goes with it is a massive downside for the planet. All that single-use plastic and Styrofoam, especially for cold ...

SANTA CRUZ — Tucked away in a nondescript building on the Westside of Santa Cruz, the crew at Cruz Foam creates tubes and pellets of eco-friendly foam made in part from upcycled shrimp shells, which ...

Single-use containers and packing peanuts made of polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, will be banned in New York starting Jan. 1. Lawmakers banned the foam as part of the state budget in ...