Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Recyclng polystyrene packing 2Jan 22, 2010 6:49 am camelia I have a surplus of polystyrene foam from appliance cartons...there is a recycling symbol stamped on them. My council says I cant put this in the plastic and glass recycling bin. Where can it be recycled, if at all? Ring them up and ask them! I've been saving the oil that is used for semi-dried tomatos and so on, until I had several litres. Then I tried to take it to the local tip (or whatever is the correct term nowadays.) where I was told that they only handle motor oil. Going online, I found that council advise you to put it in a leakproof container in the normal rubbish collection. So much for trying to help look after the environment. They also listed about four places in Melbourne that takes cooking oil to recycle, but they are all far away from where I live or work. Pfiff Finally making progress again, with a clothesline (yippee) and some much needed little things being attended to over the holidays. 40 C on New Year's eve? We love our a/c! Re: Recyclng polystyrene packing 3Jan 22, 2010 8:25 am Hi Camelia, Polystyrene can be recycled, but the trouble is the cost to recycle is just the same as manufacturing the new product. Hence polystyrene generally doesn't get recycled in Australia through mainstream council collections. The symbol on the foam might just be the Plastic identification code, not actually a recycling code http://www.recyclingnearyou.com.au/poly ... lbourneVIC This website will show you where you can drop it off though. http://www.repsa.org.au/portals/0/downl ... ed%20Jan09)%27.pdf Cheers Bel Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Recyclng polystyrene packing 4Jan 22, 2010 9:19 am Cooking oil, strained with 5% methylated spirits can be used in a diesel engine (Top Gear). Polystyrene dissolved in thinners makes an excellent glue (Ed). Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Recyclng polystyrene packing 6Jan 22, 2010 12:25 pm camelia Do you mean turpentine or acetone? for what substrates is it suitable for? Acetone... it makes a plastic glue - I can't say what it's suitable for, just that it works like polystyrene cement. So not suitable for flexible materials. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Recyclng polystyrene packing 7Jan 23, 2010 11:22 am And if you are fan of "Fight Club", substitute "Frozen Orange Juice" with polystyrene for the described effect. Chuck Palahniuk said in an interview that one ingredient in every recipe was altered in the novel/script, for obvious reasons... Yah, I love the smell of dissolved polystyrene in the morning! |