Good job!
Just take your foam to Fresh Start Market on Center St. (past Park St. out towards Hawthorne, on the South side of the street). And if you don't have a covered compost bin for your fruit and vegetable scraps (and coffee grounds, and peelings, and molded bread, and . . . ), you can pick up a good one there as well, for a good price.
UPDATE: Here's a note from Carol Ault of Marion County explaining the program:
Hi all,
At long last we have finally been able to establish an ongoing collection program for Styrofoam! See below for details. Thank you for making the effort to recycle Styrofoam!
Styrofoam Recycling
When: Mondays - Fridays from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Fresh Start Market, 3020 Center St. NE, Salem
Accepted: Only clean, dry block packaging foam, meat trays or egg
cartons.
NOT Accepted:Details: This is a free program for residents thanks to PLC Recycling, the Fresh Start Market, and Marion County Public Works - Environmental Services. Businesses will be charged a nominal fee and must pre-register by calling (503) 588-5324.
- Packing peanuts (Call 503-588-5169 for reuse options. Most shipping stores will accept them for free if clean.)
- Packing foam with tape on it
- Construction foam
- Foam that bends in half without snapping
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January 11, 2010 - The Fresh Start Market had signs posted on their styrofoam collection bins that they can no longer take anything but the block styrofoam. This must have just happened, I was there before Christmas.
Which, sadly, leaves one questioning, "What's the point?" In essence, they have cancelled their recycling program, since block packaging accounts for maybe 1% of all the styrofoam I will now be tossing into the landfill.
Really? I'd say that out of all the styrofoam MOST people use, the block packaging variety accounts for a much higher percentage. Are you really saying that a true 99% of all your styrofoam usage comes from packing peanuts and construction foam? Do you not buy ANYTHING larger than a clock radio? Change your perspective, see the glass as something other than 99% empty, and see that 1% of yours as (at least) a step in the right direction. Sheesh.
Anonymous from July 6th ("Really?"), If you'd look closer at the posts left previously, I think you'd find that the person who commented on the "cancellation" of the recycling program is referring to the fact that one can no longer recycle household styrofoam. The program at Fresh Start apparentely no longer accepts "meat trays or egg cartons" which has nothing to do with idividual, personal shipping. So I would say "yes" probably 99% of the styrofoam that was being recycled by that person consisted of items no longer accepted, and had nothing to do with "packing peanuts" or "construction foam". So before you jump down someone's throat and assume that they are less intelligent than you or that they don't have the same "perspective", consider that anyone even reading this blog is taking a step in the right direction by showing a concern and interest in recycling opportunities. Even the smallest effort is worth recognition and I don't care whether someone is a "Master recycler" or just does the best that they can. It all makes a difference. Next time, consider reading an article twice if you don't fully grasp it, then comment. Sheesh.
I guess I should have closed off comments sooner on this one before it devolved into a spat.
I still think accepting bulk styrofoam at from packaging at Fresh Start is a great thing, compared to what we were doing before (having to save it up for a once-or-twice annually collection on a Saturday morning).
To recycle packaging peanuts, find a place that does a lot of shipping (UPS outlets, etc.) and ask them if they'd like your styrofoam peanuts. So long as they are clean, they'll probably welcome them.
I'm going to close comments on this post now unless someone wants to post other good alternatives for styrofoam recycling.
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