Most companies require storage containers to remain outdoors in a bin where EPS is kept clean, dry and unexposed to the elements. Check with AFPR to see whether stacking, bagging, or bundling loose Styrofoam will be appropriate for pick-up, then organize a regular pick-up on behalf of your company.
EPS compactors are also available for use in some commercial spaces, to condense and make more portable a supply of EPS for pick-up. This can seriously cut down on the fuss of a large quantity of Styrofoam products in the meantime before it can be collected. Make sure all EPS to be recycled is clean and free of contaminants before recycling. Tape, labels, and other kinds of film can ruin the recycling process, making it important that EPS is free of other types of contaminants before it's picked up to be recycled.
Take some time to clear off all other packing materials before recycling it, otherwise it'll just end up in the landfill. Method 2. Never set out Styrofoam with other recyclables. Different versions of plastic require different recycling streams to process the materials, which means that you'll have to take special care to recycle your Styrofoam. It cannot be recycled with your plastic bottles, newspaper, and your aluminum cans, so don't try to set it out with your regular recycling, or drop it off at the regular recycling center.
Doing so might result in all of your recycling being thrown out. Never use Styrofoam as insulation. While Styrofoam has insulation properties that make it an attractive packing material, using Styrofoam in your home as heat insulation is extraordinarily dangerous and illegal. Styrofoam can be used to regulate coolers, and drink coffee from, but it's also extremely flammable, which makes it dangerous to as an insulation in a home, trailer, or other environment.
Never burn Styrofoam. While EPS can be incinerated at very high temperatures in specialized incinerators, producing no more harmful chemicals than carbon and water, it cannot be burned at home.
Dispose of your Styrofoam in other ways. Make sure your Styrofoam is really Styrofoam. Identify products made from Styrofoam by looking for the number 6 inside a recycling triangle. Typically, food containers and egg cartons cannot be recycled, even at the appropriate drop-off locations. These are a slightly-different variety of expanded-polystyrene, which cannot be recycled.
Avoid buying and using these types of Styrofoam. Avoid any Styrofoam with a sheen on it. Method 3. Use biodegradable packing materials. The vast majority of Styrofoam is produced because of packing purposes, padding and securing things for shipping. While it can be difficult to avoid receiving Styrofoam when you make a purchase, you can always cut down on your own use of Styrofoam when sending packages by avoiding the use of loose-fill packing "peanuts" and using other kinds of biodegradable packing materials.
Use newspaper, or other recyclable plastic materials to pad your packages. If it's not super-breakable, there's probably no need for Styrofoam. Using corn and soy-based packing materials is becoming more and more common. If you work for a business that regularly sells things that require packing protection, consider making the alternative to biodegradable alternatives to Styrofoam. A company called Ecovative has recently developed a mushroom-based product that can be grown to fit any space, much like Styrofoam, but with completely biodegradable materials.
It's just as lightweight and customizable as Styrofoam, but with none of the environmental impact. Purchase post-consumer recycled materials. When you're making consumer purchases, try your best to only purchase things packaged in and made from post-consumer recycled materials.
It can be difficult to know if something you buy will contain styrofoam included in the packing materials, but if you're buying with an eye for companies that make recycling and reusing a priority, you can be fairly certain that the packaging won't include any.
Ask for aluminum foil at a restaurant, instead of a take-out box. Take-out boxes are tough to get rid of and almost impossible to recycle. If you're a foodie, get in the habit of avoiding those Styrofoam take-out boxes and instead asking for the kitchen to wrap up your leftovers in aluminum foil so you can take it home.
You can also simply eat there if you have the time. The restaurant will likely use formal kind of plates, bowls, and other eating tools and containers, but if you don't have the time, use aluminum foil. Use a reusable coffee mug. When the bottom line is the biggest concern, asking businesses to pay to recycle has rarely offered promising results.
For Herritt, a former airline pilot, the inspiration to radically redefine the Styrofoam recycling business came when he transitioned into a new job as a consultant. Herritt began to try to redesign the recycling process, filing a handful of patents to protect his inventions and then beginning to court the big Styrofoam producers to get them to buy in.
One big-box appliance store chain they approached conducted an audit of their waste stream and discovered that in each and every store, Styrofoam made up between 60 to 80 percent of their total waste output. They have a truck with a built-in Styrofoam compactor housed inside of it, and that one truck can process and transport the equivalent of eight foot tractor-trailers.
The truck picks up the Styrofoam from participating facilities and processes it right on-site. Since polystyrene is comprised of petroleum, it does have properties that make it technically recyclable.
These properties mean the collection and transportation impacts of recycling EPS often outweigh the environmental benefits. Because of this, recycling EPS is only efficient when it can be ground and then compacted into a denser shape. There are some locations where EPS can be recycled.
The Foodservice Packaging Institute has more information on foam recycling and locations that accept different types of EPS. For those, you can turn to the Plastic Loose Fill Council, which will let you know if there is a drop-off center in your city, or give you a list of centers in your state.
You can also call their tasty-sounding Peanut Hotline at for the same information. I did, and got the addresses of the three centers closest to me from a polite automated lady. Glue-ify it. Your grandma sends you a vase, but only half of the EPS mold was included. Instead of a vase, you get 20 pieces of porcelain. Enter d-limonene, a natural oil from the rinds of citrus fruits that is often used for cleaning. Add this "orange oil" to the EPS and you'll get a sticky substance that can help you reassemble your vase.
Though it may take a little time, research and possibly money on your end, there is no need to trash your EPS. Instead of becoming part of the waste stream, it could turn into a nice, clean revenue stream. Artistry and engineering skill make BethAnn Goldberg a cake-world celebrity.
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