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I have a bunch of Styrofoam gathered to take to recycle in Hilo...the only ones who take it. No more! Now what do we do with it? Anyone need it for insulating, or how about buildin a raft?
Now that ya gotta pay to get rid of broken cars, and they don't take tires at the dump...... I expect our subdivision will start being trashed again.
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I think they take tires at the Keaau dump. Recently I've seen a small container near the redemption area with a tire sign on it.
----Belay that. They no longer take tires in Keaau. My mistake.
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If you're filling pots for planting, some broken-up styrofoam gives extra drainage and little weight. I wouldn't use it for edibles.
the county recycle website offers this advice:
All types of plastic can be sent to Honolulu Recovery Systems in O'ahu for recycling. Residents can mail, at their own cost, their residential plastic to:
Honolulu Recovery Systems
(808) 845-7581 PO Box 6356
Honolulu , HI 96818
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As usual, County is attacking the problem, but not providing a solution:
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...n-advances
If "keeping it out of the environment" is the actual goal, how about adding styrofoam to the HI-5 system? Make that clamshell worth ten cents and it will disappear, just like the cans and bottles do now.
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Here's a link to an article about building with Styrofoam. Lower construction costs, faster to build, and they stay warm in winter and cool in summer:
http://news.trust.org/item/2016053013393...OtherNews1
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If they are going to ban it.. then they should ban all of it... no more tvs,computers, or anything else that comes with Styrofoam packing.
..What would King Kamehameha do..
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I built the first polystyrene house here in Hawaii in 1993. A better use of styrene than a one way trip to the land fill.
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Make Lemons into Lemonade.
Recycling styrofoam has a lot of possibilities. Rob's house is made out of recycled styrofoam blocks mixed with cement, similar to this:
http://www.rastra.com/howto.html
I would much rather use this than concrete blocks. There must be lots of other uses with some research and imagination.
Use the money we spend trashing it to fund ways to use it.
Banning lunch plates is just a Don Quixote token gesture which punishes the working class that owns small businesses like lunch wagons and the blue color workers who rely on them. It is also less than one billionth of the stuff that is out-there. Putting all the local stuff to use just makes so much more sense, than the Council approach.
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Just my observation... from living next to the ocean..storm drains don't filter garbage to a fine enough degree..
.. the beach parks aren't maintained well enough, particularly after the weekends.. just go down to Onekahakaha or Reeds bay early Monday morning and you will see what I mean..
..What would King Kamehameha do..
