Residents and commercial outlets in Colchester County, Nova Scotia can soon add polystyrene foam foodservice packaging, egg cartons, meat trays and protective packaging to their recycling bins, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition.
Colchester County will use the grant money to upgrade their facility and purchase equipment that compacts polystyrene foam into bricks prior to transportation to the end markets. The recovered foam will be processed in a material recovery facility owned by the Municipality of the County of Colchester. This Kemptown facility, located in the center of Nova Scotia and near the Trans-Canada Highway, also provides processing contracts with neighboring municipalities and waste management authorities.
Colchester County is the first recipient outside the U.S. to win a grant from the coalition. The grant program is designed to increase the collection, processing, and marketing of post consumer polystyrene foam in North America.
The coalition will continue to offer grants that promote foam recycling in residential curbside, drop-off and commercial programs.
Published in the October 2015 Edition of American Recycler News
