March 8th, 2009 by Tisha

Is there any way in the entire world to recycle Styrofoam?  If any entity in the world holds the answer to this question, it will be Google.
I will spare you the Google search by listing my current resources that I found.

This site, wikiHow, http://www.wikihow.com/Reuse-Styrofoam, gave some excellent suggestions, including: don’t by the [BLANK] stuff in the first place.  Good point.  The box currently on my kitchen counter is from a restaurant, they should think about using paper instead (I know I know – the added cost – GET OVER IT!].

And here’s an idea…of course I am not 100% sure how safe it is….so Recycler Beware: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2070987/how_to_recycle_plastic_at_home/.

And there looks like there may be some potential here, but I am betting that shipping/transportation/fuel costs may in some ways outweigh the benefits. http://www.epspackaging.org/info.html

Okay Avid Consumers, do you have any leads?  Any ideas on this one?  We would love to hear them?

Is it possible to recycle Styrofoam?  If so where?  What are the constraints?  What are the potential incentives?  These seem to be the questions we always ask…

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