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What is polystyrene – where does it come from and how is it made The Uses of Polystyrene: From cups to clam shells The problems with polystyrene Includes such things as styrene in your coffee – mmmm grow me some boobies Polystyrene in my wild life- check out the albotross Everlasting rubbish Is it really [...]
Polystyrene (Styrofoam in the USA) is a strong plastic created from erethylene and benzine that can be injected, extruded or blow molded, making it a very useful and versatile manufacturing material. Most of us recognize styrofoam a form of foam polystyrene packaging. Polystyrene is also used as a building material, with electrical appliances (light switches and [...]
Fish fish fish Originally uploaded by steveleggat Polystyrene products include both food service packaging (cups, plates, bowls, trays, clamshells, meat trays, egg cartons, yogurt and cottage cheese containers, and cutlery) and protective packaging (shaped end pieces used to ship electronic goods and loose fill “peanuts” Taken from the styromelt website Want to cut down on [...]
It contains styrene which is according to some is a toxic carcinogen that does leach into from the container into the contents – your coffee for example – try this site for an in depth discussion of the issue. As with all plastics it lasts an incredibly long time. Consequently plastic cups and clam shells can be [...]
As with all plastic polystyrene does not biodegrade. Instead it hangs around for years creating everlasting litter and problomatic pollution. the boffs are working on the problem and here are their solutions Recycling Polystyrene is difficult to recycle. Difficult but not impossible … For those of you who insist on using plastic cups there is [...]
Hollywood Farmer’s Market-11 Downloaded from Flickr theres this from the trash detective – check out the rest of his photos I’m not sure I can “have a nice day” if there is this much Styrofoam in the garbage. Read more about why Polystyrene is hazardous to your health and to the environment ask rosie
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