Foamed polystyrene , also known as
polystyrene (expandable polystyrene, EPS), widely used in machinery and
equipment , instruments, household electrical, handicrafts, and other
easily damaged valuable products Earthquake packaging materials and
snack food packaging. However, after using it, because waste polystyrene
foam plastic light weight, bulky, and because they have anti-aging,
corrosion and so difficult to become a major problem of waste disposal.
According to the latest market news, for a range of restrictions
on the use of expanded polystyrene, expanded polystyrene limit Canadian
Plastics Industry Association in San Francisco will be extended to projects
such as foam of egg trays. San Francisco and became a US expanded polystyrene limit
the widest range of areas.
It is reported that San
Francisco's goal is that by 2020 into a "zero waste" city and other
United States cities are also actions, including last year rejected the ban in
the courts of New York, and Washington taken from January 1 EPS food ban.
Last week, the board of
supervisors agreed to vote in 2017 that the ban expanded polystyrene, including
packing peanuts, coffee mugs, cooling systems, toys and ocean buoys. From July
1, 2017 start, even the supermarket meat, fish and egg boxes will be removed.
The bill will be held this July
12 second ballot, a government official said, unless extreme events in the next
two weeks, otherwise the ban will certainly be passed. The bill does not
require the mayor's signature. Polystyrene recycling development needs us to pay more attention.
