Foam food containers and “styrofoam” box packaging seem to be everywhere. If expanded polystyrene (white plastic foamy product sometimes called by the brand name, Styrofoam) isn’t clogging our garbage or our waterways, it’s often littering our streets.
But at least in Baltimore City, residents and businesses can recycle polystyrene at the Northwest Citizens’ Convenience Center on Sisson Street. Taking this do-gooder step doesn’t solve the larger foam issue — the stuff never, ever breaks down — but at a minimum, Baltimore City’s recycling program is a better option than just tossing it in the trash, or worse, having the foam find its way into our harbor or bay, where little critters think it’s lunch.
Baltimore City has partnered with Dart Container Corporation to make foam recycling a reality. Residents and businesses can drop off rinsed foam food containers that are coded #6. Also accepted for recycling is the packaging foam used for shipping boxes. Recycled foam can be remade into lots of products including frames and moulding.
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