"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:18:32 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" >
> wrote:
>
>>Either material can be
>>converted to energy in a trash plant though.
>>
>>Rather than change materials, we have to educate slobs that dump trash.
>
> I think the slobs who dump trash are caught in a Catch 22. They'd
> like to recycle styrofoam and styrene, but their trash company doesn't
> burn (due to NIMBYism) and doesn't recycle it either. So, off to the
> landfill it goes.
>

That's a shame as it is one of the easiest materials to recycle or one of
hte best to burn for the energy content. In a landfill, it is inert and
will not add pollutants.