Help with styrofoam?

Question

i have to do a research paper on styrofoam trays in schools. i am saying how bad it is and that it should be illegal because it is waaaaaaay harmful to humans and the earth. but i need a refutation and i cant think of a good one. any good qualities about styrofoam that can be easily beaten down???

Answer 1

very cheap but compare to what were doing to the envirorment we need to pay to clean it up

Answer 2

Ack.  It pains me to say anything good about styrofoam because it is so evil.  But its good qualities (and the reasons it's still around) are:

1) inexpensive

2) lightweight

3) thermally insulating

You could beat down #1 by saying that a reusable product (like a hard plastic tray) will always be cheaper than a throwaway one in the long run.  #2 and #3 are harder.  Good luck!

Answer 3

how is it environmentally unfriendly, it can be recycled or  burned. you have been listening to democrats too often.

Answer 4

Just a little technical correction. Styrofoam is a type of expanded polystyrene made by Dow Corning. It's blue and is used in the construction industry.

http://www.imxtechnology.com/files/Envir...

this is a link to the Nova Chemical company that produces expanded polystyrene. The pie chart shows how little effect EPS has on the environment and that it is better than other types of packaging.

So you're going to have to dig really deep to find anything really bad about EPS. Also EPS can be recycled with polystyrene under the SPI recycle code 6. Look for the other codes of other plastic products such as milk jugs which have a 4 in a recycle symbol.

Who says you have to write on how bad it is anyways? Come up with your own opinions are write the paper on its good qualities which out weigh the bad by a long shot. EPS isn't harmful to humans unless people are sitting in their living rooms burning it and snorting the vapours.