A locally driven initiative is giving new life to one of the Central Coast’s most problematic pollutants: Expanded Polystyrene (EPS), commonly known as Styrofoam.
Today, Heal the Ocean and MarBorg Industries announced an expansion of their EPS recycling program, now able to handle far more material on-site thanks to the purchase of specialized densifying equipment that compresses foam for more efficient reuse.
Since the program began in 2021, it has already diverted over 80,000 pounds (40 tons) of EPS from landfills, preventing it from breaking down into microplastics that pollute waterways and the ocean…