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News Room

Media Contact:

Jennifer Killinger
Jennifer_Killinger@AmericanChemistry.com
Phone: 202-249-6619

Check out news ideas and articles on plastic foodservice packaging and the way we live today.

Media Reports and Editorials:

• Countertops Made with Recycled Content Abound [The Washington Post, 5/10/2012]
• Mayfield High School Pioneers Styrofoam Recycling [Las Cruces Sun-News, 5/8/2012]
• Partnership Builds Infrastructure Around Recycled Polystyrene [Packaging Digest, 4/25/2012]
• Recycled-Content Packaging Adds More "Green" to Subway Salads [Packaging Digest, 4/16/2012]
• Expanded Polystyrene Growing in Canada [Plastics News, 4/9/2012]
• Study Shows That the Majority of Canadians Have Access to Recycling Most Consumer Plastic Packages [MarketWatch, 4/3/2012]
• Americas Styrenics Partners with HAVI Global Solutions and NextLife to Introduce New Sustainable Polystyrene Product for Foodservice Market [MarketWatch, 4/2/2012]
• Foam Cups, Medals from Half Marathon to Be Recycled [Waste & Recycling News, 3/23/2012]
• Your News: Styrofoam Recycling to Come to Westborough [Wicked Local, 3/11/2012]
• Styrofoam Recycling Coming to Westborough [Westborough Patch, 3/6/2012]
• New Plan to Jumpstart Package Recycling [Packaging Digest, 2/28/2012]
• Partnership to Bring Recycled Packaging to Restaurants [Packaging Digest, 2/27/2012]
• Photographic Proof That Plastic Keeps Cucumbers and Peppers Happier for Longer [Plastics & Rubber Weekly, 2/24/2012]
• Finding a Home for Foam [Observer & Eccentric, 2/22/2012]
• Styrofoam Recycling Continues [Algonquin Patch, 2/3/2012]
• Recycling on Board: Air France Continues Its Environmental Policy [The FINANCIAL, 2/1/2012]
• Delaware Adds Second Foam Recycling Drop-off Spot [Delaware Online, 1/30/2012]
• Foam Recycling Program Expands in Delaware; Milford Facility to Open Feb. 1 [Cape Gazette, 1/24/2012]
• City Chosen for Recycling Pilot Project [Langley Times, 1/23/2012]

News Releases:

• Boy Scouts of America's Opening of New Delaware Camp to Go Green [5/7/2012]
• California Legislature Tables Proposed Foam Ban [9/9/2011]
• Smart Plastic Packaging Can Reduce the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Food Waste [8/16/2011]
• National Toxicology Program Report on Styrene: No Change in Safety of Plastic Foodservice Packaging [6/10/2011]
• New Study: Polystyrene Foam Cups and Plates Use Less Energy, Water Than Paper or Corn-based Alternatives [3/24/2011]
• Plastics Makers Support Safety of Everyday Plastic Packaging [3/4/2011]