John Dmytryk adds styrofoam to the densifier, as Sammy Thompson collects the styrofoam log which the densifier produces, in the Shawnee Pioneer Library parking lot on May 9. The University Lutheran Church Green Team from Norman collected enough #6 Styrofoam to produce nine logs that day, which will eventually go to a plastics broker, then to a manufacturer. They also collect styrofoam egg cartons to pass on to their "Poultry Partners" and will return to the library on Oct. 10.
University Lutheran Church Green Team Chair Cathy Bowden shows some of the egg cartons collected during the Green Team's visit to the Shawnee Pioneer Library's parking lot on May 9. Bowden said they get 500-700 cartons per month and pass them on to their "poultry partners," chicken farmers who need them. They also brought their styrofoam densifier and accepted enough #6 styrofoam to produce nine 10-pound logs. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun
Styrofoam Recycling at Shawnee Public Library
Styrofoam, or expanded polystyrene, can take up 30 percent of space in landfills and takes 500 years to decompose, according to the Society of Environmental Journalists website.With this in mind, the University Lutheran Church Green Team, out of Norman, began its Styrofoam recycling project in 2016.As part of the Churches Caring for Creation, a partnership of nine churches, in 202...
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