Earlier, I wrote a post about recycling Styrofoam, and found out that there is no place in the Tri-Cities to recycle Styrofoam. Today, I decided to see if there was anywhere in the state to recycle Styrofoam. After looking at the blog Go Green Richland!, I found that there is in fact a place to recycle Styrofoam in the state of Washington. Only one, that is.
Styrofoam, though recyclable, is one of the more difficult plastics to recycle. However, V&G Styro Recycle in Renton, WA, will take your clean Styrofoam for free. They then crush the Styrofoam into small pieces, compress it into blocks, and use it in such products as TVs, picture frames, and more.
V&G Styro Recycle is located at 800 SW 43rd St. in Renton, WA, between IKEA and Alliance Packaging. Hopefully sometime soon a center will open in an area closer to us. However, for now, when planning a trip to Seattle, you may want to bring any Styrofoam you have to this center.
Source: Go Green Richland!: http://gogreenrichland.blogspot.com/2011/01/styrofoam-recycler-in-seattle.html
V&G Styro Recycle: http://www.styrorecycle.com/
Thanks for this. We've been real consumers lately but feel guilty throwing out the styrofoam. Guess I'll be driving to Renton sometime soon.
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