The beginning of February marked the one year anniversary of our foam recycling program. In that time we reused or recycled 2412 cubic feet of foam. That’s two tons of waste saved from the landfill! According to wisegeek.com, 60 million tons of polyethylene foam is produced annually world wide. So we have saved .0000033% of the worlds foam polyethylene foam from entering the waste stream. When you look at our contribution as a percentage of the whole it’s just a drop in the bucket, but it’s a start. We know you’re thinking that it’s a small contribution, but let’s look at it in another way:
2412 cubic feet of foam is roughly equal to:
2,038,884 ping pong balls
110,616 Big Macs (our engineers favorite of course)
16,033 12-packs of beer (pairs well with the Big Macs)
9,614 basketballs
or
1 school bus