You Can Feel Good About Using Our Products

Contrary to what you may have heard, products made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) or “foam” — usually bearing the #6 recycling symbol — are in fact, recyclable, and efforts to do so are increasing year after year. Because of its cost-effectiveness and insulating properties, EPS is used for building materials as well as many forms of packaging, including foam cups and containers.

Did You Know...?

• EPS products, including our full line of foam cups and containers, are not manufactured with ozone-depleting CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons).
  
  
• Foam cups are more environmentally friendly than paper cups. Surprised? Here are some reasons why:
  
  The plastic coating inside paper cups cannot be easily separated from the paper for recycling. This coating also prohibits paper cups from naturally decomposing in a landfill. In addition, paper cup production requires more raw materials, energy and chemicals.
  
  
• EPS foam does not give off toxic emissions when incinerated since its chemical make-up is carbon and hydrogen. It gives off carbon dioxide, water vapor, and a trace amount of ash when completely combusted.
  
  
• EPS is comprised of more than 95% air! Therefore, it can be reduced to a fraction of its original size for reuse during the recycling process.
  

• EPS foodservice products represent less than 1% of the solid waste disposed in U.S. landfills.

Our Environmental and Recycling Commitment

At Master Containers, we are committed to implementing environmentally conscious manufacturing processes to reduce our share of the carbon footprint.

We also believe in educating consumers, since the general populous is not aware of the recyclability of foam products nor the current processes and businesses being established to support these efforts.

WHAT IS MASTER CONTAINERS DOING?

WHAT CAN CONSUMERS DO?