OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The City of Oceanside took a big step toward banning single use plastic and single use foam products. City council voted unanimously to direct staff to draft an ordinance that will ...

After more than a decade of negotiations and failed efforts to reduce the use of plastics, Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use ...

A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Restaurants, food carts and other vendors in Oregon would be banned from serving meals in plastic foam containers under a bill state Senators approved on Monday. Four years ...

As environmental concerns reach a critical point, industries across the globe are taking measures to increase sustainability initiatives and reduce pollution. The food service industry, which has long ...

When Kristina Jakupovic went through recycling bins in a Mount Prospect neighborhood last year, the public works administrative superintendent found one of the most common contaminants inside the ...

Washington — More than 50 lawmakers in Congress called for a national ban on expanded polystyrene foodservice products on Dec. 7, saying they wanted to build on similar plastic foam bans that have ...

Lest you think that Congress has been in hibernation since January 20, when President Trump started his second term and began relentlessly “legislating” from the Oval Office, fear not: Our nation’s ...

On a summer Friday in Santa Cruz, a trio of surfers descended the sea stairs to the beach with waxed-up longboards under their arms. Stepping through seaweed on their way to the waves, they bantered ...

Washington-based environmental organization Oceana recently released the results of a nationwide poll claiming a majority of United States voters support policies that reduce single-use plastics.

Electromobility and use of post-consumer recyclable (PCR) are main Fakuma themes of Lohne, Germany-based molder and thermoformer Pöppelmann GmbH & Co. KG, which runs more than 700 injection molding ...

Bonecutter joined DeKalb in 2017 and was promoted to vice president in 2022. He brings more than a decade of leadership experience in manufacturing operations, including as plant manager for Winzler ...