Polystyrene the “ART” is a creation that happened quite by accident as a result of a recycling process known as EPS densification. EPS, Expanded Polystyrene, is the technical term for Styrofoam. Densification of EPS is reused in building products such as baseboards and crown molding, picture frames, letter trays, inner souls of shoes, and other types of packaging all where it will never be Styrofoam again. The densified material is then sold to an end user where it is reground or pelletized, washed, cleaned and used in injection mold applications for the aforementioned products.
At Edge Recycling we practice our three Rs, Recover, Recycle, and Reuse. Our goal is to remove Styrofoam and all Polymers from the waste stream for reuse in new products. The fact is the material will be used in the form of another product that will be thrown away again and may not get recovered a second time and it will be buried in a landfill or burned in an incinerator.
The first crude creation or Raw as we refer to this art form came from the machine after a day of densification where the material took shape on its own after to cool down period. Once we realized it, the machine had possibilities other than for which it was intended we started experimenting with other forms of sculptures that we now refer affectionately to as Polly Styrene the “ART”.
Art Form discovered by accident? Perhaps, what we have in this form of art is total sustainability where we have created something of untold value up until this point. The educational aspect alone is huge when you can show someone how a piece of Styrofoam can be sculpted into something so unusual and beautiful, something to be collected and admired for the delicate Raw Art form that it is; hopefully giving others more incentive to recycle Styrofoam.
RAW ART FORM discovered by accident? Only the machine knows for sure.
