I think it is great that our high school students express such an interest in our environment. Unfortunately, as too often happens when activists respond to a given stimulus, they do not see the ...

Americans throw away 76 million tons of containers and packaging annually, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This includes 25 billion polystyrene (Styrofoam) coffee cups. The Earth ...

Canada should ban styrofoam items. Did you know that people throw away about 25 billion styrofoam cups a year? Styrofoam cannot decompose. If you put styrofoam items in a trash can, the garbage truck ...

The unsustainable amount of single- use plastics that Americans use every day terrifies me: 150 million tons of plastic produced each year are used only once, and the problem continues to worsen.

A letter regarding styrofoam recycling was positive and a nice change from the usual negative comments. Those of us who may not have the room to collect or the ability to travel to the landfill to ...

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There is at least one place in the Albany area where some Styrofoam can be recycled. Shelter Enterprises Inc., 8 Saratoga St., Cohoes, accepts certain types of Styrofoam, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., ...