Where does it go?

This plastic is found as either hard or as foamed polystyrene. Hard polystyrene is used in the manufacture of vending cups (for cold drinks), plastic cutlery and food containers. Paper Round recycles polystyrene vending cups, identified through the PS6 recycling symbol, through the Save-a-Cup scheme.

Foamed polystyrene is used as a lightweight packaging material and because of its heat resistance in cups for hot drinks. It is 95% air and only 5% plastic! Paper Round does not recycle it as it is so light and so voluminous that it takes up too much space on our trucks. We would be using lots of diesel to transport essentially air and this would far outweigh the environmental benefit of recycling the polystyrene.