Messy construction can lead to a range of issues for people in the vicinity and the wider environment. An outraged homeowner ...

This creates Ethylbenzene, which, when dehydrogenated, becomes Styrofoam. This foam-like material, which is about 90-95% air, can be formed into many different shapes.

Most foam cups and containers are not technically Styrofoam, but are made of polystyrene foam according to Melissa Valliant, communications director for Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit organization ...

T he storms that arrived with the King Tide on Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15, flushed huge amounts of plastic pollution out of the Bay and onto land. In some areas, such as along the ...

Researchers at RMIT University have discovered a way to create electricity from Styrofoam. Traditionally considered a major pollutant, Styrofoam is also apparently a surprising source of renewable ...

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

“All the plastic bags and Styrofoam which were first manufactured (in) the 1950’s still exists somewhere in the world, floating in our air, water, soil and our food chain,” Chittoor said.

A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic ...