COLORADO SPRINGS — Styrofoam containers will no longer be handed out by Colorado restaurants this year. A law to ban polystyrene to-go containers went into effect on January 1st. It prohibits ...

Single-use styrofoam containers remain a staple when ordering takeout from a restaurant. Many eateries have shifted toward more environmental-friendly options, such as cardboard, but order from enough ...

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 ...

Two environmentally focused bills that would ban polystyrene foam food containers and curb single-use plastics separately have passed the Illinois House and Senate, and slowly are making their way to ...

YORK — York County implemented a ban this week on polystyrene packaging for food vendors to align with a statewide ban that will fully take effect in July. The county’s Board of Supervisors ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island is taking steps to try to cut down on litter. Gov. Dan McKee has signed a bill into law that bans restaurants from using Styrofoam takeout containers and plastic ...