Germany is known for its cutting-edge policies on green issues, and its drive towards a clean economy. One of its latest eco-breakthroughs comes from the University of Freiburg's Biofoambark project.

Styrofoam cups, plates, takeout containers, and coolers fill landfills around the world—the expanded polystyrene is impossible to recycle, and takes centuries to break down naturally. It’s such an ...

HOLLYWOOD (CBS) — It's a tree that keeps on growing but the kids at Thomas Starr King Middle School don't have to water it. They've begun making a tree out of Styrofoam...made up from cafeteria trays ...

(Nanowerk News) Maybe soon we can say goodbye to polystyrene, the petroleum-based material that is used to make Styrofoam. In what looks like an ordinary bicycle helmet, Swedish designers have ...

Styrofoam has long been used as a lightweight, easy-to-hold hot food container found everywhere from Chinese food joints to supermarket buffets. But the container has also become the worst form of ...

Local restaurant owners are making a last-ditch plea to reverse the San Diego City Council's impending ban on Styrofoam. The council voted 5-3 in October to ban Styrofoam products in the city and a ...