Del Mar's ordinance aims to reduce single-use, non-compostable foodware such as plastic utensils and polystyrene.

Producer responsibility organisation Polyco has invested R1.89-million in waste service provider New Earth Recycling, ...

Polystyrene comes in pleasing shapes but where does it end up? (Picture: Getty) Plastics waste is now a waking environmental nightmare that no world leader can afford to ignore. The insane excess of ...

Wagga Wagga City Council has purchased an expanded polystyrene (EPS) compactor which is now operational at the Gregadoo Waste ...

This year marks the 90th anniversary of polystyrene, and while some have argued it’s time for this and other polymers to retire, others envision a greener future for the material. Polystyrene sprang ...

A polystyrene-munching beetle larvae called a "superworm", can gain weight on an exclusive diet of polystyrene, researchers have found. They hope their findings can pave the way for technology to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Until today, it was thought that polystyrene would pollute the environment ...