(Where to) Recycle Polystyrene

[PeBo]

Can I recycle polystyrene in ED??

Thank

Petra

[SteveT]

Insulate the house with it, possibly?

[HonaloochieB]

According to Antonio Carluccio on Saturday Kitchen last (guess when?) you can eat it as a better alternative to tofu.

He actually said 'polyfilla' but I think that was probably a slip of his finely-nuanced tongue.

[PeBo]

Well I guess I can feed a whole county with what's in the front room. Food-aid next then thanks for the help ;-)

[monica]

PeBo look at the WRAP website it may have info on recycling polystyrene.

[david_carnell]

Mix it with petrol and make napalm!

[PeckhamRose]

Meanwhile - you could take it to the recycling depot at Manor Road off the Walworth Road by McDonalds.

The far end towards Elephant, and Manor Road is on the left.

No - don't dump it at McDonalds!

[PeckhamRose]

Telephone Southwark Environment Dept 020 7525 2000 - and see if someone from the Call Centre can confirm my suggestion above! But it's what I'd do.

[SteveT]

If that is the true formula David, you may inadvertently, have enlightened the wrong types, but I am amazed at your varied knowledge, I think you may be a challenge to Hal9000.

[HAL9000]

SteveT Wrote:

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> If that is the true formula David

David is right - that's the recipe for Napalm-B or "super-napalm" as used in Veitnam.

> I think you may be a challenge to Hal9000

How to Recycle Polystyrene: Dissolve in benzene, add a trace of manganese anti-polymerisation catalyst then distil at one atmosphere to yield "styrene oil" - a diesel fuel substitute.

Didn't know that, did he?

[david_carnell]

Steve,

It's also highly volatile and anyone stupid enough to try would probably end up in A&E with 90% 3rd degree burns. So, there's my warning and disclaimer. For educational purposes only.

Whilst I wasn't aware of HAL's method, my local access to trace manganese anti-polymerisation catalysts has recently been compromised due to excess napalm production and MI5 surveillance.

Oh, and I can spell Vietnam too.

;-)

[SteveT]

Yes David, you may be able to spell it, but unless you are more potent than France, USA, and China, you would not be capable of conquering her.

[HAL9000]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Whilst I wasn't aware of HAL's method, my local

> access to trace manganese anti-polymerisation

> catalysts has recently been compromised due to

> excess napalm production and MI5 surveillance.

Not to worry, recently declassified copper polymerisation inhibitors work just as well.

> Oh, and I can spell Vietnam too.

Don't you know anything about MI5 surveillance? That isn't a typo, it's an ECHELON countermeasure - Vietnam and napalm in the same sentence: you'll have every spook in Christendom crawling up your exhaust port!

[HAL9000]

Ooops!

[kford]

Burn it in the back garden.

What?

[SteveT]

Yes, it's always a good thing to give such products a second chance.

[woodie]

the rubbish place in gypsy hill?

[scoop]

If they are actual boxes made from polysterene, with lids, then depending on the sizes of course, I would be grateful.. They are great for my Ice cream take-aways!