Then it went up against those insidious polystyrene peanuts, which popped up in the 1970s.
Helmets contain a thick layer of polystyrene which absorbs the force of an impact.
Polystyrene containers are effective at keeping hot food and beverages hot while being inexpensive.
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Products like caustic soda and polystyrene are popular neither with growth-stock buyers nor with environmentalists.
Anything I can't recycle, it's old plastic, lots of plastic trays and containers, foam polystyrene.
Its No. 1 sustainability priority, the report said, is to find an environmentally sound alternative to polystyrene cups.
After all, this is a man who gave away 500 designer polystyrene chairs in Trafalgar Square six years ago.
For two decades Huntsman had been one of the world's largest privately held producers of commodity chemicals like polystyrene.
One example has been the rebuilding of houses in Afghanistan using waste polystyrene.
Now all plastic packaging except black items, thin films and polystyrene are allowed.
Bloomberg, speaking Friday morning on John Gambling's WOR radio show, touted both the environmental and economic benefits of banning polystyrene foam.
Mike McKimm said the polystyrene cups were slowly crushed by the massive water pressure as the craft descended towards the sea bed.
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The platforms were made by Marche Industries in Ford, near Shrewsbury, which says it turns caravans "into a boat" using polystyrene blocks.
In Maine, for example, bait can't be sold in polystyrene foam plastic.
It involves creating a lattice made out of tiny polystyrene spheres and then filling the space in and around the structure with metal.
Although commonly referred to as Styrofoam, that brand of polystyrene foam isn't used in food packaging, according to its manufacturer, Dow Chemical Co.
Michie's Whale Skull Bone will be made using a metal framework inside a carved dense polystyrene material which is then coated in reinforced concrete.
The company said it does have stores in four U.S. cities that have implemented a polystyrene ban but uses paper cups in those stores.
Avid Dunkin' Donuts coffee drinker Charles Smith said he's sympathetic to the environmental concerns of polystyrene foam, but Bloomberg's latest initiative misses the point.
It appeared as if carved out of stone, but in fact was made of vast segments of hot-wire-cut polystyrene with a light beech veneer.
In 1971 came noodles in heat-proof polystyrene cups, so that the hungry did not even need to get their bowls out of the cupboard.
Belgian Arne Quinze designed the interior of the shop, which features moveable walls made of wood, polystyrene and aluminum decorated with 147 animated video screens.
However, unlike polystyrene, it goes away once it has been dumped.
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Mr Lee said the blaze quickly spread into the living room, melting polystyrene ceiling tiles which dropped on to the carpet, setting it and a curtain alight.
Rachel Jagoda, the Federation's Project Manager for Housing Technology, says one of the advantages to the Haddock idea is that polystyrene products are made all over the world.
Polystyrene foam, sometimes sold under the brand name Styrofoam, has long been popular among restaurateurs for lightweight, heat-retaining containers, but environmentalists complain it takes years to break down in trash.
"Polystyrene foam foodservice products are two to five times less expensive than alternatives, which saves the City's agencies a significant amount of tax dollars, " the trade group American Chemistry Council said.
The most well-known and is Ravis Restaurant on Satwa Road, a no-frills canteen that serves renowned butter chicken, best chased with milky chai in a polystyrene cup for three dirhams.
The researchers report in Biomacromolecules that their new material matches the stiffness, strength and compressibility of expanded polystyrene, a common packaging material that is the bane of many a rubbish dump.
Known as the Great Chair Grab, it was sponsored by Expanded Polystyrene Packaging Group and floated the notion that furniture, like network television, was something you could give away by selling advertising.
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