Polystyrene, the foam within disposable takeout containers, and EPS are all the same material. Styrofoam, it turns out, is ...

In its foam state polystyrene can be manufactured into insulated panels and formwork as well as non-load-bearing architectural features; non-construction uses include lightweight packaging such as ...

Report indicates programs to recover polystyrene from secondary packaging have yielded results in North America.

New York City is joining a growing group of cities in banning Expandable Polystyrene Foam (EPS). Adam Harris explains what makes this material so worrisome to environmentalists - and appealing to ...

North American prices for PVC and polystyrene resins each have declined since Oct. 1, resulting from drops in seasonal demand and feedstock costs. Suspension PVC prices dipped an average of 1 cent ...

The "Farewell to Foam" bill in Congress, she said, is trying to deal with "the worst of the worst, the most problematic application of expanded polystyrene plastic foam." "I don't think this ...

APPLETON – In an era of online shopping and meal delivery programs, families might find themselves beset by an influx of polystyrene foam. From frozen food delivery containers to protective ...

THE value of polystyrene and of certain other organic plastics as dielectrics for high-frequency apparatus is well known. The power factor for polystyrene at frequencies of 10 6 10 7 c./ ...

and EPS (extruded polystyrene) and how each product’s closed cell and open cell nature affects the final board. Starting with two pink sheets of XPS, he laminated them together with glue to form ...

It is fully recyclable because it can be ground and then mixed with virgin expanded polystyrene ... prefabricated foam panels with an insulated core of rigid EPS between two sheets of welded ...

The sheets' thickness varies between 1/2 inch to 4 inches thick, which gives the insulator different R-values. It can be applied to the garage walls, floor, and ceiling. Rigid foam comes in four ...