The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to outlaw a host of commonly used foam products, in a move hailed as the nation’s most extensive such ban. The ban applies to ...

SALEM, Ore. – Two bills aimed at reducing plastic pollution in Oregon are headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk for her signature, one of two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing plastic pollution in ...

I was wondering whether you could provide me with advice about packaging materials. You see, I was recently married and my wife and I now find ourselves buried under packaging peanuts, Styrofoam, and ...

If you’re like us, the expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam inserts that protect many packages these days are a source of mixed feeling. On the one hand, we’re glad that stuff arrives intact thanks to the ...

Correction: A Trademarked term was added when USA TODAY posted the article in an earlier version of this story. The story has been updated to reflect the term used by the Statesman Journal. SALEM, Ore ...