{"id":20578,"date":"2023-08-23T04:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=20578"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:55:25","slug":"styrofoam-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/sustainbc\/waste\/waste-diversion\/styrofoam-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Styrofoam Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230405_230019288.MP-EDIT-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"BC Styrofoam recycling\" class=\"wp-image-20579 size-full img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230405_230019288.MP-EDIT-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230405_230019288.MP-EDIT-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230405_230019288.MP-EDIT-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/08\/PXL_20230405_230019288.MP-EDIT-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Styrofoam<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Styrofoam, otherwise known as polystyrene foam, is a material that can\u2019t be recycled at Bellevue\u2019s municipal facility. Instead, to avoid putting large amounts of this product in the landfill, Bellevue College collects this material and ships it to a company called Styro Cycle that does recycle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Styrofoam is harmful<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When Styrofoam is not properly disposed of, it\u2019s easily introduced into the environment. In nature it never truly breaks down, exposing animals like marine life to plastics. When given the choice, please choose packaging that is either plant-based, made from recycled content, or that can be recycled at Bellevue\u2019s municipal facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do with office\/department Styrofoam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your office\/department has large amounts of Styrofoam on a regular basis, please put in a request center ticket to contact the warehouse to dispose of the material. Make sure to take a look at the accepted\/not accepted lists below to ensure proper disposal of your items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/styrorecycle.com\/what-we-accept\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accepted at Styro Cycle<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/styrorecycle.com\/do-not-accept\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not Accepted at Styro Cycle<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2101,"featured_media":20604,"parent":16842,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-20578","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20578"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20917,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20578\/revisions\/20917"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}