Any easy way to dispose of styrofoam?

[HeroOfPellinor]

I've been just crunching it up in garbage bags and dropping one bag a week in our garbage, but that takes up so much space and will take me another couple months to get rid of all the stuff I have left over from various large large power tools and electronics.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

Burn it, shrinks down to nothing -- try not to breathe.

Cheers!
JR..

 

[Shame]

Don't burn it, use it as kitty litter.

 

[BigJ]

Crunch down a whole bunch of bags. Put one bag in each neighbor's garbage collection.

 

[Bozono]

You live in Cali., just toss it out to sea.

 

[nakedfrog]

Try eating it?
Build a miniature city from it and rampage through it like Godzilla?

 

[Heisenberg]

Pour acetone on it. It will reduce the volume a lot if you don't mind a bit of a mess.

 

[Baked]

Rub it on yourself until it disintegrates into dust particles.

 

[destrekor]

pour gasoline in it and store in an airtight container.
bring it out some day and pour it on some sap's grass. or car if your destructive and an asshole.
freeze it so it thickens incredibly, and ignite when you want to burn.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Bozono
You live in Cali., just toss it out to sea.

 

[Eeezee]

How the hell does somebody develop a styrofoam problem? Where is it all coming from? I might deal with 1-2 slabs of the stuff in a month

I suggest the following to fix this:

Find a toaster wire and a voltage source. Stretch out the wire and hook it up to the voltage source (and a resistor) so that the wire starts to heat up. Take a slab of styrofoam and make fun shapes and pictures by burning the styrofoam! It's hours of fun!

 

[archiloco]

there is a chemical that decomposes it instantly.....maybe that acetone Heinsberg recommended, but i remember 7th grade science class our teacher was a magician too.....so he got a whole bag of packing peanuts and friggin made it all go away into a little cup.

edit::::and if there are any smart a$$ folk. no the cup did not have a hole in it...and no it was not over a vortex............ and you could see underneath.

 

[JRich]

MEK=fun

 

[Passions]

Bring gasoline to a boil.
Add Styrofoam.
Wait 5 minutes.
Call ambulance.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Eeezee
How the hell does somebody develop a styrofoam problem? Where is it all coming from? I might deal with 1-2 slabs of the stuff in a month

I already explained. I purchased over the course of the past few months a table saw, table saw fence, dust collector, router, monitor, computer cases, home gym, impact driver, VSR drill, etc, etc.

And with two kids in diapers, I need every bit of space in our garbage.

So nobody recycles this crap or anything? I kinda figured I could melt it (not burn it), but I can see doing it safely and cleanly taking up a lot of time.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Eat it.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Can you just toss it out with the next garbage pickup? Either that or haul it down to the local landfill.

 

[Analog]

most recycling centers take it.

 

[TheNinja]

get a group of hippos to trample it b/c it will really flatten it. If you are anti-hippo, then I just suggest you throw out what you can, or go find a store that is closed at 3am and dump it in there dumpster.

 

[Rastus]

Just top off your neighbors' garbage on the morning of pickup day.

 

[spacelord]

Isn't that what your nearest apartment dumpster is for?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: JoLLyRoGer
Burn it, shrinks down to nothing -- try not to breathe.

Cheers!
JR..

 

[Brutuskend]

Mix it with GAS.

Instant home made Napalm!

 

[yhelothar]

I think burning it releases CFCs, which is fatal to the ozone layer.

 

[ShadoWing]

i usually just eat it