1. E like me ka Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, ua hoʻonui houʻia he 118 miliona mau paona o ka EPS i ka makahiki makahiki 2016.
Aia kēia helu i 63 miliona mau paona o ka hōʻailona kūʻai ma hope o ka kūʻaiʻana a me ka 55.7 miliona paona o ka hoʻihoʻi houʻana o ka hana. Laweʻia ka mea kūʻai i kekahi mea i hana houʻia ma hope o kona hopena i ka manawa i loaʻa hou mai ka pūnaewele EPS i hana houʻia akāʻaʻole hoʻohana i kāna mea i manaʻo ai i mea hoʻolālā aiʻole mea hoʻohana hope.
2. Ke kūʻaiʻia nei ka EPS ma hope o nā kumukūʻai a me nāʻoihana kūʻai ma ka makahiki 2004, 2006, 2008 a me 2010, 2012, a me 2016 he 25 miliona mau paona, 32 miliona mau paona, 33.6 miliona paona, 37.1 miliona paona, 36.7 miliona paona a 63 miliona paona, ʻo kēlā me kēia.
3. Ma loko o nā makahiki i hala hope nei,ʻo ka nui o ka heluʻana o ka EPS i hana houʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ua piʻi nuiʻia i luna. ʻOiai nā manaʻo kuhihewa e pili ana i ka hoʻohanaʻana o ka EPS, ua loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai a me nā hana hou ka hopena hou o 34% ma ka makahiki 2013.ʻO ka mea maoli, ke hoʻohālikelike i ka lōʻihi o ka polystyrene (PS) a me nā meaʻoi aku like, ka mea kūʻai pāʻoihana a me ka hope He 47% o ka hoʻohanaʻana o ka EPS no ka hoʻohana houʻana i ka polystyrene a hoʻoulu houʻia ma ka US
4. I ka makahiki 2013, ua hoʻohanaʻia he 50% o ka EPS i loaʻa hou no ka hana houʻana no ka hanaʻana i nā hoʻopihapiha hoʻopuka hou.
5. E koho ana ka EPS ma lalo o 1% o ke kahawai holoʻokoʻa paʻa o ke kaona ma ke kaumaha a me ka nui.
6. Hoʻonuiʻia ka Polystyrene a ma kahi o 35% o nā hui o Canada eʻae i kaʻai PS a me kā lākou papahana hana hou aʻo kekahi poʻe e hāʻawi ana i nā wahi i hoʻohālikeʻia no ka polystyrene maʻemaʻe.
6.ʻO ka maʻamau o ka mea kūʻai ma hope o ka mea kūʻai a me ka hoʻolālāʻana i ka EPS o kekahi o nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma waena o kēlā me kēiaʻano plastics. No nā makahiki he 15 i hala iho nei, ua hiki i kaʻoihana EPS o ka honua ke hana hou i ka mahele he 19 pakeneka o ka mea kūʻai kūʻai a 25% o ka EPS ma hope o ka hana.
7.ʻO ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā puke a me nā hapa o ka hanaʻana o ka EPS he mea kupanaha no ka noʻonoʻoʻana he 95-98 pakeneka o ka EPS he ea.
8.ʻO ka holoiʻana i ka EPS i kahi pae'āina he meaʻino loa ia i ko mākou kaiaulu no ka mea,ʻaʻole ia e pale i ka pae'āina. ʻAʻole iʻaeʻia ka hoʻolālā polystyrene e hoʻohana ai i ka Antarctica ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka polystrinrene e nā holoholona hihiu. Ma kekahiʻaoʻao, hoʻohanaʻia kēlā me kēia toneta o ka EPS e like me 637 galani o kaʻaila.
9. No ka maʻalahi o ka EPS ma ke kaumaha he hiki wale i ka 0.01% o ka nui o ka wai hoʻonele paʻa ma ke kaumaha a me ke kani.
10.ʻO ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā mea hoʻopuka houʻia i ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka hoʻokomoʻana i ka hōʻailona EPS (10 pakeneka i ka 20 pakeneka), hoʻemiʻia ka ikehu (3 pakeneka i ka 13 pakeneka.)
11. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻohana kaʻAmelika i ka EPS kūpono e hoʻohui i ka honua i 426 manawa.
Nāʻike
- http://www.earth911.com/home/family/recycling-mysteries-styrofoam/
- http://www.sedonarecycles.org/styrofoam-eps/
- http://www.epspackaging.org/images/stories/2010_EPS_Recycling_Rate_Report_8_5x11.pdf
- http://www.dartbiz.com/web/factfoam.nsf/pages/fof07.html
- http://www.all-recycling-facts.com/recycling-styrofoam.html#ixzz3JQVGguAl
- http://www.cleanup.org.au/PDF/au/clean_up_australia_polystrene_factsheet.pdf
- http://www.epsindustry.org/sites/default/files/2012%20EPS%20Recycling%20Rate%20Report%208x11.pdf
- http://www.epspackaging.org/images/stories/2016_RRR_8.5_x_11_pages_-_small.pdf