Why styrofoam is so hard to recycle and what you can do about it

Expanded polystyrene, or styrofoam, is hard to recycle. Reduce usage, repurpose the packaging, or seek out town and shipping ...
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Reuse A Styrofoam Cooler To Enrich Your Garden Soil

Styrofoam can be a tricky material for those of an eco-friendly mindset hoping to reduce their own footprint on this planet by reducing, reusing, and recycling anything that comes their way. Not only ...
USA Today

Is it safe to microwave food in Styrofoam containers? It depends.

Despite being banned by some states and cities because of the potential for harming the environment, Styrofoam manufacturing increased slightly in the United States in 2022. According to ...
The Herald-Sun

8 hard-to-recycle items and what to do with them in the Raleigh or Durham areas

These seven items can’t be recycled through Raleigh’s curbside program, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be recycled at all. Learn how you can recycle plastic bags, styrofoam materials, pizza boxes ...
WOSU Public Media

Five tons of Styrofoam lead UC professor to start campus recycling program

Styrofoam is useful in protecting items in transit, but not so much for the environment. The holidays bring gifts, many of which are padded with Styrofoam. Many of us simply throw away that Styrofoam ...
The Olympian

Washington’s statewide Styrofoam ban goes into effect June 1. Here’s what you need to know

Washington’s ban on Styrofoam plates, coolers, cups, containers and trays goes into effect June 1, 2024. Joe Tarica [email protected] Between coolers, takeout containers and cups, polystyrene ...
Yahoo

How do I recycle Styrofoam, other polystyrene items in the Appleton area?

Outagamie County Recycling & Solid Waste “Foam Dome” polystyrene foam densifier on Tuesday November 30, 2021, in Little Chute, Wis. The Resource Recovery Park accepts clean Expandable Polystyrene (EPS ...