Kitchen
Polystyrene Foam Block
Single block
40
g
Total plastic weight
Expanded polystyrene is 98% air; recovery facilities are rare and the foam crumbles in transit.
1%
Recycle probability
500
Years to decompose
Material breakdown
1 components- EPS foam40g
Production footprint
Per unit120L
Water to produce
0.49kWh
Electricity to produce
Estimated upstream manufacturing footprint per unit, based on resin LCA averages.
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