Why It’s So Hard To Recycle Styrofoam And Polystyrene | World Wide Waste

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  • čas přidán 21. 10. 2021
  • #Styrofoam #Polystyrene
    Many people think Styrofoam - or polystyrene foam - can't be recycled. It can, but because the product is mostly air, it's hard to do it profitably. One company in Mexico City figured out how.
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Komentáře • 27

  • @PlasticDetox
    @PlasticDetox Před rokem +8

    This video was very helpful, thank you! I'm glad to hear that there are business that are doing something with the polystyrene foam that has already been created. I do believe that eliminating it is the best option.

  • @heavenlygothicgirl
    @heavenlygothicgirl Před 11 měsíci +6

    I like the recycling of styrofoam including no single use options and the desire to put it back into the market that makes them. I feel like if the companies who make them were forced to also recycle them like this that would be the greatest impact

    • @aryaprincess2479
      @aryaprincess2479 Před 10 měsíci

      It is not the fault of the companies who make them, it is how you get them back to be recycled. In my country we found out that recycling bins usually end up in the same landfill that the green bins' garbage!
      If the companies had used Styrofoam transfered to them by the municipalities they would probably re-use it.

  • @synth1002
    @synth1002 Před rokem +7

    By boiling the styrofoam you obtain totally pure styrene and then polymerize it again, so it can very well be recycled.

    • @gneu1527
      @gneu1527 Před rokem +1

      Good, because it's a cool material in my opinion.

  • @traceykoontz2868
    @traceykoontz2868 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I just watched video about the recycling program in New Jersey it was from 4 years ago I hope it is still in operation. It mentioned the picture frames and moulding as well and I was thinking about I wonder if you could make wall art like butterflies, or flowers or maybe a shelf or a framed mirror?

  • @USA50_
    @USA50_ Před rokem +2

    Thanks 👍🇺🇲🇲🇽 We need this in America too 😊

  • @Gothorella
    @Gothorella Před rokem

    Amazing video. Thanks for sharing

  • @marksoberman7433
    @marksoberman7433 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent business model and good for the planet

  • @brightmind3764
    @brightmind3764 Před 8 měsíci

    do you have the articles that you relied on making this video? Could you share with it please?

  • @NightOwlGames
    @NightOwlGames Před rokem +10

    no one going to talk about how they need a forklift to carry the lightest material in the world?

    • @rodaneroberts6533
      @rodaneroberts6533 Před 8 měsíci

      You won't get paid enough if the work looks too easy bro

    • @joshuabaughn3734
      @joshuabaughn3734 Před 8 měsíci

      They need a forklift because the pallet itself is heavy.

  • @kingmasterlord
    @kingmasterlord Před 2 lety +2

    polystyrene baseball bats, skateboard decks, athletic padding, etc

  • @JanoschNr1
    @JanoschNr1 Před 9 měsíci +1

    For frames? ... What a waste. Back into foam for noise oisolation would be more usefull ... and would finaly make it affordable.

  • @jimihayes150
    @jimihayes150 Před 3 měsíci

    Put it in acetone

  • @ctwatcher
    @ctwatcher Před 11 měsíci +1

    Let's just get who created it and take it away from earth, far away.

  • @roseleenadaniel1693
    @roseleenadaniel1693 Před 2 lety +2

    What is the purpose

  • @owenmaco473
    @owenmaco473 Před rokem

    Pls give me this company contracts

  • @DownEastSaw
    @DownEastSaw Před 3 měsíci

    People who think that styrofoam cannot be recycled are actually correct, they’re just not finished with their statement. “Styrofoam/EPS cannot be recycled profitably.”
    Which is why no one recycles it. Duh. It’s all about money and profits.

  • @jytvreal
    @jytvreal Před 9 měsíci

    Free Polystyrene

  • @romangasior4046
    @romangasior4046 Před rokem

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Arylice
    @Arylice Před rokem

    Quite pitiful, can't do anything without being told you'd get money.