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Originally Posted by villages07
Can Styrofoam be recycled in TV?
These are foam blocks used to ship electronics. They have a #6 recycle symbol on them but TV's recycle guide indicated #6 for plastic bottles. How about styrofoam packing peanuts?
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#6 designation means that the package has a content of polystyrene in it. The styrofoam blocks are really EPS (expanded polystyrene) and this form of material is very much recyclable, actually its a very preferred material to reuse and recycle. However, you need clarification from the TV peeps to determine if they will accept it because they need to have a recycling manufacturer that can handle that material. The peanuts (which is the same material just in a different form), it is the same material as meat trays that are sold in supermarkets. So if they accept the meat trays, they should accept the styrofoam blocks.
Generally, #6 is not used for bottles per se, but used on clear take out containers from restaurants, etc.
Just an fyi from a packaging engineer. Hope this helps.