Call us today! (587) 890-1140Styro-Go welcomes new Municipalities on board
November 1, 2023 John Johnson and Roy Adam (Co-Owners/Directors of Styro-Go) would like to welcome aboard the following Municipalities: City of Edmonton Eco-Stations Strathcona County Town of Devon City of Spruce Grove
Corporate Update September 2023
To our valued clients and friends, please be advised that Mr. Robert Herritt is no longer associated with Styro-Go effective June 6, 2023. Over the past couple of month's Mr. Herritt's actions have caused us to obtain a court order and mandatory injunction against Mr. Herritt. (see the link here [...]
Squash that styrofoam to keep it out of landfills, Alberta company says
Styrofoam that fills two trailers can be compressed to the size of kitchen fridge. Those hunks of styrofoam that encase your latest Amazon purchase could soon find a new purpose. Residents just need to look a little north — to St. Albert — to see the potential for styrofoam scraps [...]
Why More Cities Are Recycling Styrofoam
What happens to all the Styrofoam residents have been recycling in St. Albert? More on a massive market that Edmonton and Calgary have yet to take advantage of. Read More
Where does all the Styrofoam go?
Wondering what to do with the Styrofoam that came along with your recent purchase? The City of St. Albert has been accepting Styrofoam at the Mike Mitchell Recycling Depot as part of a pilot project since July 1. Instead of throwing it away, residents can drop off clean, white Styrofoam [...]
U of L finds way to recycle styrofoam
When residents head to Lethbridge’s recycling depots, they get the message: We can’t recycle styrofoam. Yes you can, officials at the University of Lethbridge have learned. Now the U of L has become the nation’s first university to run its own styrofoam recycling program. Read More
‘We’re complete laggards’: Alberta recycling council criticizes government for lack of action
The Alberta government has ignored calls to improve recycling in the province, buttressing Alberta’s poor record on waste management, says a recycling advocacy group. “Our overall frustration is … we are the most wasteful province in the country and there is no excuse for that,” Christina Seidel, executive director of [...]
The Real Reason No One’s Recycling Styrofoam — and How One Company Is Changing That
You know, for all of my environmental awareness, I was always under the mistaken impression that the reason no one recycled Styrofoam was that it just couldn’t be recycled. I (somewhat naively, I now realize) assumed that we just lacked the technology or ability to do so, so I avoided using it [...]
recycled even though they are among the
most easily recycled plastics.
Did You Know...
typically weighs about 0.5 lbs per cubic foot.
After Styro-Go processes it we increase the
density to over 60 lbs per cubic foot.
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have shown that polystyrene is the LEAST carbon
intensive shipping product to produce when including
both upstream and downstream carbon cost and GHG
footprint!
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other products with the highest antimicrobial rating compared
to other packaging.
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and is cheap to produce making it both the
most economical and safest packaging material
available.
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in BOTH an open AND closed loop. It can be recycled into
brand new virgin polystyrene as well as reclaimed (regrind)
polystyrene or into other products entirely.