On a summer Friday in Santa Cruz, a trio of surfers descended the sea stairs to the beach with waxed-up longboards under their arms. Stepping through seaweed on their way to the waves, they bantered ...

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner has spent over a decade working as a writer in New York City. She currently covers all aspects of food, dining, travel and lifestyle trends and the intersection of culture, ...

California, the most populous U.S. state and fifth-largest world economy, will effectively ban the use of most expanded plastic foam food containers on January 1, a move conservationists called a ...

California is beginning to enforce its ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or Styrofoam. A law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to ...

The Dart Container Corporation, which makes foam products, is a manufacturing behemoth and produced a fortune for the family behind it. Environmentalists say its products are polluting the globe. Dart ...

Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She is currently an editor at Food & Wine magazine, focusing on trends and ...

Back in 2018, Cruz Foam had an idea for a bio-version of plastic foam, made from shrimp shells. This year, they’ve secured $18 million in a Series A funding round and are working with ...

Another bill that aims to keep plastic bags and containers out of landfills and waterways in Colorado was introduced at teh state Capitol. A bipartisan group of legislators have proposed a bill that ...

Three new eco-friendly laws could soon be on the books in Richmond, Virginia. The city council is soon expected to debate proposals for a plastic-bag tax, as well as renewed enforcement of bans on ...