Many eateries or supermarkets often use foam containers for food. Does consuming food from these containers harm health? (Linh, 34, Hanoi) Answer: Using foam containers for food storage is a ...

Containers made from Styrofoam or expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam are not safe to use in a microwave, unless they have a microwave-safe label. They may leach chemicals into food, which could ...

Say goodbye to those flimsy containers. Foam cups, plates and other tableware are banned in Washington starting Saturday. The ban is the latest phase in the state’s 2021 law that seeks to reduce ...

A state judge has overturned New York City's ban on plastic foam containers, finding the nearly 30,000 tons of dirty meat trays and to-go cups now sent to landfills can be recycled in a cost ...

Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Coffee cups, plates, trays, and other food and drink carriers made from the ...

Foam containers in restaurants are going the way of incandescent light bulbs: They can still be found, but their once ubiquitous presence is quickly fading. Many Twin Cities eateries have chucked ...

Gov. Dan McKee has signed a bill into law that bans restaurants from using Styrofoam takeout containers and plastic stirrers. Sen. Joshua Miller, one of the bill’s sponsors, says foam containers ...

Roseville is considering whether to join Edina and St. Louis Park in banning foam containers, which can technically be recycled but aren’t collected as recyclables because the market for them is ...

Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Restaurants throughout Oregon will need to ditch to-go containers made of plastic foam by 2025, under a bill headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk. Senate Bill 543 ...

Jamestown Container, a packaging company with facilities in Buffalo, Jamestown, Rochester and Cleveland, just sold it's custom foam packaging business to another local company. Manufacturer plans ...