Foam/Styrofoam Recycling 4/2/16

Girl Scout Troop 30507 will hold the next foam/Styrofoam™ recycling event from 9:00am to 1:00pm at Central One Federal Credit Union. For the fifth year, Central One FCU is sponsoring the event, which is run in partnership with ReFoamIt. Residents from Westborough and surrounding communities can bring EPS #6 foam (Styrofoam™) gift packaging, egg cartons, coffee cups without wraps, coolers, meat and veggie trays, take-out containers and any other foam product with PS 6 on it. All labels, paper, cardboard, and tape should be removed from each piece of Foam. All food related containers and cups should be rinsed or washed before recycling. We also accept foam labeled with #4 Polyethylene, packing peanuts (non-cornstarch, bagged), and bubble wrap. Once the foam is collected, ReFoamIt processes it into compressed blocks, then small pellets that get recycled into picture frames, eyeglass frames, car bumpers and molding. It takes hundreds of years for foam to decompose in a landfill. Recycling it removes it from the waste stream and puts it back into useful products.

More information is available on Facebook at R3: Reduce, Reuse, ReFoamIt. For questions, contact Julie Baldwin at juliebaldwin@verizon.net.