What should you do if your styrofoam-packaged takeout has gone cold, or you're eating the leftovers the next day? Can you ...

Virginia food vendors are preparing to say goodbye to expanded polystyrene containers beginning July 1 after a state law goes into effect.

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, long a priority ...

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 same ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is officially the first state in the nation to ban the use of polystyrene, or Styrofoam, food containers. On Tuesday, April 30, Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill to prohibit the ...

Despite being banned by some states and cities because of the potential for harming the environment, Styrofoam manufacturing increased slightly in the United States in 2022. According to ...

ELMHURST, IL – Two Elmhurst aldermen want the city to ban food containers made of polystyrene foam, known by the Styrofoam brand name. In a memo last week, Aldermen Michael Bram and Mike Baker said ...

Maryland will now prohibit restaurants from using foam containers for takeout and delivery orders — the first state to enact a ban the products. The eco-friendly move was led by Democratic Delegate ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A bill that would ban the use of Styrofoam food takeout containers passed the Oregon Senate Monday with support from both Democrats and Republicans. Senate Bill 543 would ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — Sen. Daniel Zolnikov brought one of life’s biggest dilemmas to the Senate floor over the ...

Correction: A Trademarked term was added when USA TODAY posted the article in an earlier version of this story. The story has been updated to reflect the term used by the Statesman Journal. SALEM, Ore ...

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 the ...