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Styrofoam

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Oct 30, 2026

Nancy MummaMODERATOR
54:50
It can't be automatically put into a bag or automatically put into a delivery for food.
Nancy MummaMODERATOR
54:57
And the other is to ban Styrofoam for food and drinks.
Patrick RossPANELIST
55:04
Right, which those are more ordinances than KPIs.
Patrick RossPANELIST
55:07
Yeah,

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Patrick RossPANELIST
78:45
Right.
Patrick RossPANELIST
78:45
But there is still a return on investment and it does boil down to money.
Patrick RossPANELIST
78:50
And so the individual business that is choosing between Styrofoam and some other to go container, it's like it's a monetary decision.
Patrick RossPANELIST
78:58
But yeah, this is beyond money.
Nick BeasleyGUEST
15:57
That's the easiest thing to stand by.
Nick BeasleyGUEST
15:59
Styrofoam, you can dig in deep.
Nick BeasleyGUEST
16:01
There are some options.
Nick BeasleyGUEST
16:02
But for the most part, it's best just to say styrofoam is not recyclable.
Brian OlsonGUEST
6:06
They won't go through the facility.
Brian OlsonGUEST
6:09
Then we have Styrofoam.
Brian OlsonGUEST
6:10
We don't recycle Styrofoam.
Brian OlsonGUEST
6:12
We had laundry baskets and we had pots and pans.
Brian OlsonGUEST
6:16
I know they're metal, but they would have to go in the scrap metal.
Larry EnisHOST
3:06
But the good news is, even when you're under attack, the peace of God will protect you.
Larry EnisHOST
3:14
If you've ever had a fragile item shipped in the mail to your home, chances are the item was packaged in Styrofoam.
Larry EnisHOST
3:22
So just in case the item was tossed around or thrown around or turned around, the purpose of the foam is to protect the package.
Larry EnisHOST
3:31
And in this life, there are times when you are tossed around or thrown around or turned around.
WoodyHOST
24:58
Like I- I'm gonna buy a better pepper grinder.
WoodyHOST
25:00
But at the same time, I just, you know, I just bought a hunk of steak from the, the grocery store and it came wrapped in, on Styrofoam, wrapped in plastic, and there's no way to avoid that.
WoodyHOST
25:08
Like, there's just not.
John Michael GodierGUEST
25:10
No.
Mindy PelzHOST
7:35
And then the last one is plastics.
Mindy PelzHOST
7:37
So get rid of the plastic bottles, the Saran Wrap, the Styrofoam.
Mindy PelzHOST
7:42
Stop the plastic barrage.
Mindy PelzHOST
7:45
They say now that it's not a ... it's a function of basically not if you have plastics in your body as a human, it's how much.
Michael HawthorneGUEST
14:49
Well, what it is is to make that more effective in terms of the separation of different kinds of plastic.
Michael HawthorneGUEST
14:55
And then ultimately, because the type of plastic, say like polyvinyl chloride, PVC, like in water pipes and other things, or polystyrene, which is in food containers and commonly known under the brand name Styrofoam.
Michael HawthorneGUEST
15:11
Theoretically, they're all recyclable.
Michael HawthorneGUEST
15:14
It's not economical.

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