"Bryan" > wrote
>> I bet they are the best. but for that kind of money, I can buy a lot of
>> foam
>> coolers and after a dozen trips, put them in the recycle bin.
>
> Styrofoam doesn't recycle.
>
> --Bryan

Yes, it does. Look for the #6 in the recycle logo on many foam coolers.
My company recycles it every day. We take it from both consumers and
industry. It is 100% recyclable. Want a picture of the setup we have? It
was about $75,000 ten years ago when we put it in. The used foam is ground
and blown into a storage bag. It is then blended with virgin material for
molding into new items.

Oh, the coolers are not Styrofoam either. Styrofoam is the registered
trademark of the blue extruded EPS board made by Dow Chemical while coolers
are made from molded food grade expandable polystyrene.

Another method of recycling EPS is to densify it. It is compressed to about
30 pounds per cubic foot and sent to plastics processing plants that use the
styrene as an ingredient in either blends or pure general purpose styrene
molding grades.

http://www.epspackaging.org/
http://www.plasticsindustry.org/Abou...temNumber=1125

http://www.epspackaging.org/index.ph...=10&It emid=7
..The 2008 EPS Recycling Rate Report shows that over 69 million pounds of EPS
were recycled, including 34.6 million pounds of post-consumer packaging and
35.8 million pounds of post-industrial packaging.
..In 2008, more than 50% of all EPS collected for recycling was used to make
recycled-content packaging.
.In 2008, more than 50% of all EPS collected for recycling was used to make
recycled-content packaging.
..EPS is made of 98% air and is an inert material without harmful chemicals
that off-gas or leach during its use of disposal.
.EPS represents less than 1% of the solid waste stream by weight.