WRIC

Virginia restaurants grapple with plastic foam container ban

RICHMOND, Va. — From vermicelli bowls to crispy chicken, Pho Luca’s, a Vietnamese-owned Richmond restaurant, uses plastic foam containers to package takeout meals. That may soon change after the ...

Beaufort votes to ban thick plastic grocery bags. Here’s the plan for plastic straws

Beaufort County is leading a broader effort to restrict bags and other items made of plastic. Beaufort’s preliminary vote was ...
Capital Public Radio

CalRecycle begins enforcement on plastic foam foodware ban

California is beginning to enforce its ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or Styrofoam. A law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Phasing out plastic foam would prevent beach erosion and more

This year, on International Coastal Cleanup Day last Saturday, volunteers around the world participated in the annual event by collecting and recording trash, cleaning up local beaches and producing ...
The Inlander

This summer, Washington says good riddance to foam food containers and coolers

Many of us are familiar with coffee cups and to-go containers made from plastic foam — known casually, albeit incorrectly, as Styrofoam. The common foam we think of when we hear "Styrofoam" is ...