Yonkers Public Schools have replaced its Styrofoam food trays with ones that are 100% recyclable. As of March, all 40 Yonkers Public Schools stopped using polystyrene trays, which are produced using ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — San Diego became the largest city in California to ban food trays, coolers and pool toys made of foam when the City Council approved long-delayed legislation in a 7-1 vote on ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Early enforcement of San Diego’s new ban on polystyrene foam food trays, pool toys and other products has gone smoothly so far, with few complaints about violations and only a ...

A Windsor Terrace’s elementary school became the first in the city this week to abandon environmentally hated Styrofoam trays in favor of a newfangled pressed sugar cane version — but the school is ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s Senate voted to ban the use of many single-use polystyrene, or Styrofoam, products from schools, universities and restaurants. The bill would go into effect on July ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market here has been testing a compostable tray for use in its meat, seafood and produce departments, in hopes of eventually replacing the traditional polystyrene foam ...

Manhattan Beach, the second Southern California city to ban plastic bags, prides itself on being a local leader in environmental legislation. But the city may be caught on a meat hook when it comes to ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — All expanded polystyrene products used for packaging food products, including foam carriers, could be banned from all Maryland food businesses if pending legislation is passed in ...

Styrofoam cafeteria plates, the ubiquitous school-lunch staple, are a thing of the past in the Philadelphia School District. As of last month, the system switched to compostable round plates made from ...

MICHIGAN CITY | Instead of sitting in a landfill for centuries, used Styrofoam school lunch trays are now being converted to paving bricks. It's happening in Michigan City, home to one of just a few ...

WEBVTT IT IS THE LUNCH HOUR AT LILLIE MAY CARROLL JACKSON CHARTER SCHOOL IN EAST BALTIMORE. IT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE FIRST BATCH OF NEW E-FRIENDLY FOOD TRAYS. >> WE TRY TO BE AS GREEN AS POSSIBLE ...