Recycling Styrofoam
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Sept 2008
Does anyone know where to recycle Styrofoam? Not packing peanuts, but the
kind that is used to pack printers and similar electronics.
Thank you
I take mine to Universal Waste Management at 721 37th Ave Oakland
www.unwaste.com, which is across from the Home Depot down past
Fruitvale BART. Search for 'styrofoam' on the BPN website to find
other places people have already suggested.
Trixie
Well, I thought this type of styrofoam was not recycleable, BUT it
appears there may be a gorup in Oakland who does this. I found it
out by searching the database (easy to do) at stopwaste.org. By
inputing 'plastic' into the search and seeing a huge list of
plastics and clicking on styrofoam. up came a business in oakland
called California Waste Solutions. Their phone number is (510)
772-0514. You could call them an see if they'll take your
styrofoam and how much it may cost for them to take it.
I love stopwaste.org!
LowWasteMomma
June 2007
Where can I recycle big blocks of styrofoam that came in huge boxes. Any ideas?
Trying to reduce landfill
I recently recycled around six lawn-and-leaf bags full (saved from years of computer and stereo
purchasing) of block styrofoam. You can take them to GB Industrial Materials Corp. in Union City.
Address is 1528 Atlantic St., phone is 510-489-0881. I recommend calling first to make sure there
will be someone there. They also said consumers can just mail the styrofoam to them, but to me
that seemed as much effort as just driving to Union City!
Tori
I also recently searched far and wide to find a place that would accept a car full of block
styrofoam and here's what I came up with. I pulled it off of El Cerrito's recycling homepage:
Block Styrofoam
Q: Can I recycle the large blocks of Styrofoam that came with my new computer?
A: Please do not bring block Styrofoam to the Recycling Center or place it in your curbside bins.
Although manufacturers mark block Styrofoam with a recycling symbol, the infrastructure to recycle
it in the Bay Area is extremely limited. To recycle Styrofoam, contact Mannequin Madness at (510)
444-0650; this small business often accepts block Styrofoam for reuse in its shipments. Block
Styrofoam can also be mailed to GB Industrial, 1528 Atlantic Street, Union City CA 94587 (the
material is light, so shipping fees are nominal), or call GB Industrial at (510) 489-0881 to
arrange an appointment to drop off your Styrofoam. GB Industrial will reuse the Styrofoam as
shipping material.
The mannequin people were thrilled to take it. I simply dropped it off at their house/business
over by Grand Lake. Just give them a call. And good job with the 3 R's!
Happy Recylcer
Yes! Universal Waste Management
721 37th Ave Oakland
www.unwaste.com
They don't take peanuts, but will take the big pieces of styrofoam (along with a multitude of
other items mostly for free).
A great website for finding where to recycle almost anything in Alameda County is
www.stopwaste.org.
Michelle
Try your local pack n' mail place. The one near me takes all kinds of weird shapes. I'm sure
they use it for packing boxes. I've taken styrofoam to a couple places and every place I've gone
has accepted it.
j
April 2003
Does anyone know what to do with big pieces of styrofoam - the
kind that are used to pack appliances, electronics, etc.? Is
there a place to recycle them? I hate to throw them out. Thanks.
Anon
Tuscarora, a company in Hayward, 785-0220, accepts chunks of
styrofoam as from electronics packaging. Got the referral from
Alameda County. See www.stopwaste.org/.
Rebecca
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