Cochrane the first municipality to recycle styrofoam

By News Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2010 12:27 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The town of Cochrane is the first municipality in the province to accept styrofoam for recycling.

Cochrane Recycling has collected styrofoam and other expanded polystyrene for the past 20 years.

On Friday, 20 palettes of compressed styrofoam were shipped to B.C. with China as its final destination.

Deputy Mayor Ross Watson tells CTV, recycling styrofoam makes a big difference to area landfills.

The styrofoam will then be turned into hard plastic for CD and DVD cases.

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