Foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants ...

As of Jan. 1, 2026, New York State has banned foam containers used for cold storage. The law prohibits food services, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — Sen. Daniel Zolnikov brought one of life’s biggest dilemmas to the Senate floor over the ...

Say goodbye to those flimsy containers. Foam cups, plates and other tableware are banned in Washington starting Saturday. The ban is the latest phase in the state's 2021 law that seeks to reduce the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon law pushing restaurants to use eco-friendly takeout containers is now in effect. Approved by the Oregon Senate and House in 2023, Senate Bill 543 was officially ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A bill that would ban Styrofoam containers in Illinois has passed the Senate and heads to the House. Senate Bill 1531 would create a law banning disposable food containers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Starting next month, Washington businesses and organizations will no longer be allowed to use or offer Styrofoam takeout containers. State lawmakers approved the law banning ...

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 ...

NEW YORK – A potential ban on plastic foam food containers in a city that thrives on takeout proved a piping-hot topic among lawmakers this week, as they debated the material’s pros, cons and ...

A Maui County Council committee will take up a bill this afternoon to ban polystyrene food containers, a measure similar to a plastic grocery bag ban that took effect in 2011. The Infrastructure and ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Packing peanuts, foam coolers and foam food containers could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new bill now in Congress. The recently introduced "Farewell to Foam Act" ...