This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council voted ...

Last month, we showed you a company in Santa Cruz that is revolutionizing the packaging industry with its eco-friendly version of polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam. Now their products are ...

There’s a 1,400-square-foot home on Juniper Place in Cortez that is being built with expanded polystyrene foam blocks. “It reminded me of a giant YETI cooler,” said Rachael Marchbanks, Cortez’s ...

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DANBURY — It’s made of packing foam — the same material used in coolers and take-out containers — and it’s snapped together like Legos. And an increasing number of builders are using it instead of ...

A flood emergency is underway in western Washington as several communities are underwater from historic rains. by KOMO News Staff SEATTLE -- Giant blocks of foam are being used in construction ...

GRANDVILLE — Coming out of a block mold, huge chunks of expanded polystyrene all look pretty much the same as they stand 16 feet tall around Harbor Foam Inc. But after the material passes through a ...

Councilman Robert Jackson, one of 14 pols to receive donations from a woman connected to a polystyrene manufacturer after Bloomberg announced plans for a ban, opposes the bill — but says he wasn't ...

Instead of sitting in a landfill for hundreds of years, leftover foam packaging from holiday orders in Edmonton can now be squashed, shipped and transformed into new products. Styrofoam is a ...

Surfboard construction has undergone a renaissance in the last decade, with shapers experimenting with a myriad of core materials, from closed-cell foams to repurposed wood. Sustainable Surf, a ...