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STYROFOAM RECYCLING

**** UPDATE: 5/17/2012 – We can no longer accept food grade polystyrene due to contamination/processing issues (if you have already filled a bag with it, we will still accept it) ****

Dear Knoxville residents,

Your days of packaging guilt are over.

#6 PLASTIC (POLYSTYRENE… commonly known as Styrofoam) can now be recycled!!

Here’s a quick guide as to how it will work:

Step One:  Buy a bag from KRC for just $5 for a 100gal bag.

Step Two:  Fill it up with your #6 plastics (NO FOOD GRADE). We ask that you take “peanuts” to your local mail center; however, we can also accept them.

Step Three:  Bring it back to KRC, where we will compress  it into a teeny, tiny block and recycle it!

Step Four:  See Step One;  Rinse, and Repeat.

Hope to see you (and your big bag of recyclable foam) very soon,

Knoxville Recycling Coalition

For more information, contact service@knoxvillerecycles.org

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at 11:17 am and is in Blog, Featured. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS feed.

3 Responses to “STYROFOAM RECYCLING”

  1. Misty Faucheux says:

    April 22, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Awesome! I’ve been feeling guilty for years, knowing that it takes FOREVER to biodegrade. I love this!

    Reply

  2. Ian Heffron says:

    April 28, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    At last there is a place to give the throw away immortal stuff another life. Thank you!!!

    Reply

  3. Education says:

    October 29, 2010 at 9:48 am

    Oh yes! We have collected over 250lbs and saved over 24 cu yd of landfill space in just under 6 months. Way to go Knoxville!

    Reply

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