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Appalachian State University eliminates Styrofoam from food services
2016-04-18 19:49:00| American School & University
Getting rid of polystyrene foam products is part of the school's zero-waste efforts. read more
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"Styrofoam" Bans Expand as Plastic Falls Out of Favor
2016-01-05 21:30:00| Waste Age
Marketplace.org New bans on polystyrene foam food containers took effect in the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Maryland and even the South American nation Guyana on the first of January. read more
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Styrofoam Recycling Coming To Colorado
2015-09-11 03:06:00| Waste Age
Westword Alpine Waste and Recycling has invested in equipment that will allow for Styrofoam recycling and expanded the capacity of its Denver recycling plant, more than doubling its ability to process single-stream recycling material. read more
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New York Citys Styrofoam Ban Goes Into Effect
2015-07-01 21:06:00| Waste Age
MSNBC As of July 1 New York is the largest city in America to prohibit the sale, possession and distribution of single-use polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam. read more
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Eyes In The Sky: Styrofoam Drones Keep Watch On Rainforest Trees
2015-05-19 22:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A couple of toy planes are out to catch illegal loggers and miners in the Amazon. It's an awesome responsibility. Every year, illegal logging and mining in the Peruvian Amazon destroy tens of thousands of acres of rain forest. The deforestation in remote parts of the jungle is difficult to detect while it's going on. But now there's a new way to keep an eye out: with a pair of drones. Carlos Castaneda, the coordinator of the Amazon Basin Conservation Association's Los Amigos conservancy concession,...