What To Do With That Pesky Styrofoam?
Jul 26
Dow Chemical does not have a history of caring about the earth or people of the earth (no matter what their commercials tell you). If you have ever been present to watch how the polystyrene product is made, you will see that it starts out as an almost liquidy foam that is sprayed or formed into whatever packing area is needed. Other types of polystyrene foam is actually the compacting of small beads of the stuff into compressed forms. Anyone that has tried to break the latter apart is already aware that these little ‘beads’ fall apart and end up everywhere. The production of polystyrene is point blank wasteful. It uses natural resources to make and most locations won’t recycle the stuff.
If you are lucky enough to get your community to be on board with you in getting a recycling process for the polystyrene, you need to be aware that it will not include the ‘contaminated’ variety. These are polystyrene packages that have come into contact with food or that contain tape or staples. If you live in Canada, you have an organization that is on your side and will assist you in getting a polystyrene recycling program going. In the U.S. the Polystyrene Packaging Association does list some of the companies and organizations that will accept polystyrene waste.
Sources:
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/what-can-we-do-with-our-used-styrofoam.html
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