1. Maererano neAlliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, zvinodarika mamiriyoni 118 mapepa eEPS zvakashandiswa zvakare munguva yegore ra2016.
Ichi chiyero chinosanganisira mamiriyoni 63 emapundi emashure ekugadzirwa kwevatengi uye 55.7 mamiriyoni mapaundi emashure-maindasitiri kugadzirisa. Post-mutengi inotsanangurwa sechinhu chero chipi zvacho chinoshandiswa zvakare mushure mekupedzisira chinoshandiswa-kushandiswa apo mushure mekushanda kwemaindasitiri kunosanganisira nzvimbo dzeEPS zvinyorwa zvinoshandiswa zvakare asi hazvina kumboshandira chinangwa chayo chinangwa sekugadzira zvinhu kana zvimwe zvekupedzisira-kushandiswa kwekushandiswa.
2. Pamberi pevatengi uye yezvekutengeserana kweEPS mune zvekare muna 2006, 2006, 2008 uye 2010, 2012, uye gore ra2016 raive nemamiriyoni makumi maviri nemamiriyoni, mapaundi 32 mamiriyoni, 33.6 mamiriyoni mapaundi, 37.1 mamiriyoni mapaundi, mamiriyoni 36,7 pound uye mamiriyoni 63 pounds, maererano.
3. Mumakore mashoma apfuura, zvikamu zvezvekare zveEPS zvinoshandiswa gore negore zvakanyanya kufambira mberi. Pasinei nemaonero asina kunaka pamusoro pekudzokorora kweEPS, vashandisi ve EPS uye vanogadzirisa zvinhu vakagadziridza chiyero chezvekudzokorora kwemazana 34 muzana gore ra2013. Chaizvoizvo, kana tichifananidza dura, yakagadzika polystyrene (PS) nezvimwe zvinhu zvakafanana zvegwaro, mushure mekutengeserana uye pashure pevatengi EPS inoshandiswazve inomiririra 47 muzana yezvose zvakashandiswa pashure pekushandisa polystyrene yakadzorerwa uye yakashandurwa zvakare muUnited States
4. Muna 2013, inopfuura 50 muzana yeEPS yakagadziriswa yekugadziridza zvakare yakashandiswa kugadzirazve zvigadzirwa zvepurasitiki.
5. EPS inomiririra pasi pe1% yemasvingo ose emasisti akaoma yakashambadza nekurema uye kuwanda.
6. Polystyrene iri 100% inoshandiswa zvakare uye inenge 35 muzana yevagari vomuCanada vanobvuma kudya kwePP uye mumapurogiramu avo ekudzokorora uye vamwe vanopa nzvimbo dzinodonhedzwa dze polystyrene yakachena.
6. Chiyero chemashure-vatengi uye mushure mekumhizha EPS yekugadziriswa ndeimwe yepamusoro pemhando dzose dzemaplastiki. Kwemakore gumi nemashanu apfuura, shanduro yeEPS yepasi rese yakakwanisa kugadzirisa inenge ye19 muzana yemashure-vatengi uye 25 muzana yemashure-mafashandi EPS.
7. Kuwedzera kwezvikamu uye zvikamu zveEPS zvinodzokorora zvakare zvinoshamisa pakufunga kwekuti 95-98 muzana yeEPS mhepo.
8. Kurambidza EPS muzvikwereti zvinokonzera zvinhu zvinokuvadza zvikuru kune zvakatipoteredza nokuti hazvigadziri mune zvinyorwa. Polystyrene pakapetwa haibvumirwi kushandiswa muAntarctica sezvo kushandiswa kwe polystyrene nemhuka dzesango zvinogona kuuraya. Ukuwo, rumwe rutivi, kudzokorora matani ose eEPS inoponesa zvakakwana 637 galoni emafuta.
9. Sezvo EPS inenge ichireruka zvokuti inotora chete 0.01% yehuwandu hwemarara yakashambadza kuburikidza nehukuru uye ivhu.
10. Sezvo kushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakashandiswa zvakare mukugadzira kuwedzera kweEPS kuwedzera kwekuwedzera (10 kubva kuzana kusvika 20 muzana), kushandiswa kwesimba kunoderera (3 kubva ku13 kusvika ku13 muzana.)
11. Gore roga rega, America inoshandisa EPS yakakwana kukomberedza nyika yakawanda kanopfuura ka 426.
References
- 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