1. Ngokwe-Alliance ye-Foam Packaging Recyclers, i-EPS yezigidi ezili-118 zaphinda ziphinda zenziwe kwakhona ngexesha lonyaka ka-2016.
Eli nani liquka izigidigidi ezingama-63 zeepakethe zokuthunyelwa komthengi kunye nezigidi ezingama-55.7 zezigidi zokubuyiswa kwamashishini. I-post-umthengi ichazwa njengento nayiphi na into ephinda iphinda iphinde isetyenziswe emva kokusetyenziswa kwayo ekugqibeleni ekujoliswe kuyo emva kokuba i-post-industrial recovery ishicilelwe kwisixhobo se-EPS esetyenziswe kwakhona kodwa ayizange isebenze injongo yayo njengempahla yokupakisha okanye esinye isicelo sokuphela.
2. I-post-abathengi kunye ne-post-yorhwebo ye-EPS yokuvuselelwa ngo-2004, ngo-2006, ngo-2008 kunye no-2010, ngo-2012, kunye no-2016 beyizigidi ezingama-25, iipounds ezingama-32, iiprayimari ezingama-33,6, iipropati ezingama-36.7, ngokulandelanayo.
3. Kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo, iipesenti ze-EPS eziphinda ziphinda zivuselelwe minyaka yonke ziye zanyuka phezulu. Ngaphandle kweengcamango ezingalunganga malunga nokuvuselelwa kwe-EPS, abavelisi be-EPS kunye nabahlaziyi be-recyclers baye bazuza ukuphindaphinda kwama-34 ekhulwini kunyaka ka-2013. Ngokwenene, xa kuthelekiswa i-polystyrene eqinile, eqinile kwi-polystyrene Ukubuyiswa kwe-EPS kubonisa ipesenti ezingama-47 zazo zonke i-polystyrene ezisebenzisa emva kokubuyiswa kwakhona kwaye ziphinde zenziwe kwakhona e-US
4. Ngo-2013, ngaphezu kwama-50 ekhulwini we-EPS afunyenwe ukubuyiswa kwakhona kusetyenziswe ukuvelisa okufakwe kwikhompyutha.
5. I-EPS imele ngaphantsi kwe-1% yomyinge wokusasazeka komasipala ngokulinganayo kunye nomthamo.
6. I-Polystyrene i-100% evuselelwa kwakhona kwaye malunga ne-35% yoluntu lwaseCanada lwamkela ukutya kwe-PS nakwiiprogram zabo zokubuyisela kwakhona kunye nabanye banikela indawo yokucoca i-polystyrene ecocekileyo.
6. Isantya se-post-consumer and post-industrial industry ye-EPS isilungiso esiphakathi kwazo zonke iintlobo zeeplastiki. Kwiminyaka eyi-15 edlulileyo, imboni ye-EPS yehlabathi lonke ikwazi ukuphinda ibuyele kwakhona i-pesenti ye-19 ye-post-consumer and 25 percent of EPS post-industrial.
7. Imiqulu ekhulayo kunye neepesenti ze-EPS yokuphinda isetyenziswe ngokumangalisayo ngokuqwalasela ukuba ama-95-98 ekhulwini lwe-EPS yomoya.
8. Ukulahla i-EPS kwiifom zokuthengisa umhlaba kuwonakalisa kakhulu kwimo esingqongileyo ngenxa yokuba ayiyikuhlaziywa kwimihlaba yokuzaliswa komhlaba. Ipakethe ye-Polystyrene ayivumelekanga ukusebenzisa e-Antarctica njengoko ukusetyenziswa kwe-polystyrene yizilwanyana zasendle kungabulala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukubuyisela kwakhona itoni nganye ye-EPS igcina i-637 gallons yeoli.
9. Njengoko i-EPS ilula kakhulu kangangokuthi ithatha kuphela i-0.01% yesahlulo esicacileyo senkunkuma ngokulinganisa kunye nomthamo.
10. Njengoko ukusetyenziswa kwezinto ezisetyenziswe kwakhona ekuveliseni ukwanda kwe-EPS kwiphakheji (iipesenti ezili-10 ukuya kuma-20 ekhulwini), ukusetyenziswa kwamandla kunciphisa (iipesenti ezi-3 ukuya kuma-13 ekhulwini.)
11. Unyaka ngamnye, iMelika isebenzisa i-EPS eyaneleyo ukujikeleza ihlabathi ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngamaxesha angama-426.
Iingxelo
- http://www.earth911.com/home/family/recycling-mysteries-styrofoam/
- http://www.sedonarecycles.org/styrofoam-eps/
- http://www.epspackaging.org/images/stories/2010_EPS_Recycling_Rate_Report_8_5x11.pdf
- http://www.dartbiz.com/web/factfoam.nsf/pages/fof07.html
- http://www.all-recycling-facts.com/recycling-styrofoam.html#ixzz3JQVGguAl
- http://www.cleanup.org.au/PDF/au/clean_up_australia_polystrene_factsheet.pdf
- http://www.epsindustry.org/sites/default/files/2012%20EPS%20Recycling%20Rate%20Report%208x11.pdf
- http://www.epspackaging.org/images/stories/2016_RRR_8.5_x_11_pages_-_small.pdf