After Reusable Totes It Is Recyclable Foam

Recyclable FoamFor a long time, it has been believed in the United States that foam cannot be recycled. But is has been proved that foam is actually recyclable. America has been in the recycling league for a long time now. The US has been recycling plastic bags as well as paper bags, and has been promoting reusable totes as well as recycled bags. But not many knew about recyclable foam. This has come as good news for all people who have been worried about using Styrofoam cups and containers. 

The recycling process

Styro Recycle LLC is one of the companies that recycle Styrofoam. Apart from recycling it, the company also offers free drop off service for disposing products made from foam. This service is available to businesses and residents in the Renton area of Washington. The pick up and drop off service has not only promoted recycling of foam but has also created job opportunities in the area.

Foam collected from residents, organizations, as well as businesses is ground up by the company and compacted into blocks. These blocks are then used for manufacturing plastic products like crown molding, premium picture frames, and light switch covers, among many other products. The company plans to recycle more than 500,000 pounds of disposed foam this year.

Owner of the company, Marilyn Lauderdale feels that the leaders of the country need to educate the people in their constituencies about the fact that foam can be recycled. Not only can it be recycled but it also has a lower level of carbon footprint compared to other alternatives. It also saves the shipping cost for businesses. Apart from these advantages, the performance of foam is much better as compared to all the other alternatives. For example, foam protects the contents in the container in a better way and also keeps your coffee hot.

An addition to reusable totes and bags

Recently, few school districts have started participating in the recycling programs that are aimed at recycling lunch trays made from foam. The participation of school children in such programs is very important. By now, school students are well aware of the importance of recycling products and using options like reusable totes and recycled bags. But the concept of recycling foam is new to many of them. Recycling foam products shows that there are better alternatives of keeping the environment clean as well as green and it is not necessary to ban a product. Instead recycling it is the key.

Source: http://renton.patch.com/groups/going-green/p/email-to-the-editor-foam-is-recyclable

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