packaging from landfill, boost the recycled content of EPS loose fill (plastic peanuts) to an average of 25%, reduce plastic resin content in peanuts to less than 2% of total volume, and achieve a ...

Just fill a few plastic bags with the peanuts ... (Click through for more ways to make homemade air fresheners.) 6. Uses for packing peanuts: Hold a loose screw in place It can be frustrating ...

and three smaller groups have begun accepting used loose-fill packing material to be reused in their operations. Customers can bring in used but clean peanuts, as well as cardboard cartons in good ...

Whether they’re made from polystyrene or one of the biodegradable, more eco-friendly materials in vogue today, packing peanuts have the uncanny ability to “loose fill pack” when added to an ...

Plastic packaging peanuts and their ilk are undeniably handy ... Operated by the Plastic Loose Fill Council, this hotline will direct you to local establishments that can reuse your plastic ...

For instance, the peanut pundits write that loose fill takes 40%-50% less energy to manufacture ... man or some other commodity, peanuts are likely to remain an important packaging choice for some ...

Packing peanuts also are called expanded polystyrene foam or EPS. Here are some facts from the Plastics Loose Fill Council, which represents the packing materials industry: * Plastic loose fill ...

and "is often soiled," according to the DEC. The statewide ban applies to all expanded polystyrene foam used as "loose fill" -- so-called packing peanuts -- and containers used in food service ...

State St. accepts clean foam packaging peanuts of all sizes and colors for recycling and reuse. About 30 percent of polystyrene fill is used again, according to the Plastic Loose Fill Council ...