Where to recycle styrofoam near me
These items can still go into your garbage bin as most are not currently recyclable. Materials that are NOT banned include: food and beverage Styrofoam containers, packing peanuts, and Styrofoam that is painted, soiled, or treated. White Styrofoam blocks used for packaging are the only foam type banned from going into the garbage. The material is then recycled into new items such as picture frames, crown moldings, and base boards. The densified blocks are sent to downstream partners such as Foam Only, Blue Planet Recycling, and Intco Recycling. Reducing the size makes the material much more efficient to transport. Densifying the Styrofoam shrinks the volume of it to 50 times smaller than its original size.
Our staff use a Greenmax EPS Styrofoam densifying machine (pictured above) to remove air from the foam and squish it into a solid block. Once the Styrofoam is collected or dropped-off it is compacted at our North Van location. For businesses with infrequent Styrofoam loads, we also accept Styrofoam dropped off to our North Vancouver Recycling Depot (fees apply). Contact us for available sizes of bins and pick-up options for your company. WCS has been collecting and recycling Styrofoam for many years. The word polystyrene, or expanded polystyrene (EPS) is also used to refer to Styrofoam. You can distinguish Styrofoam from other types of foam as it breaks into small bead like pieces and may have the Number 6 labeled onto it. The purpose of the Styrofoam ban is to encourage more Styrofoam recycling, prevent negative environmental impacts, and prevent the material from taking up large amounts of space in landfills. Metro Vancouver’s Styrofoam ban includes an expensive fee if Styrofoam blocks are found in a load of garbage taken to a Vancouver area garbage facility (such as Transfer Stations and the Vancouver Landfill). Are you a business looking for a Styrofoam disposal facility? We recycle commercial Styrofoam (fees apply), contact us today at 60 for more information. White Styrofoam is now banned from going into commercial garbage bins in Metro Vancouver. Where to Go At this time recycling of Styrofoam is only available at the SOCRRA drop-off facility, 995 Coolidge (North of 14 Mile across from the Meijer gas station), please DO NOT put Styrofoam in your recycling bin/toter.