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Once upon a time, rivers and railway lines across China were littered with white foam food containers, which when microwaved, had the potential to cause toxic poisoning. They were banned over a decade ...

StePacPPC's green packaging helps packers and shippers of produce transition from environmentally unfriendly ice-filled polystyrene foam and waxed carton boxes. Polystyrene foam boxes filled with ice ...

Expanded and extruded polystyrene foam has been used in a variety of applications for several decades, and for nearly as long recycling advocates have tried to explore methods to recycle the material.

Foam Cycle, Augusta, New Jersey, a manufacturer of packaging recycling systems, was recently issued a utility patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “method and system of recycling ...