Melissa McGinnis and GreenopolisTV encourage surfers to "Catch the Wave" and recycle their surfboards. If your surfboard breaks, if you are moving on to another one or you just don't use it anymore you can now recycle it. It's important to keep the bulky polyurethane boards out of landfills so look for a recycling surfboard drop off in your neighborhood. In San Diego for example the Miramar Recycling Center will take your broken boards for free. A lot of surf shops are drop off points for broken board collection and some life guard stations are also taking in your retired board. If the boards in good shape they are often being donated to the boys and girls club for re-use! If being recycled the foam from the boards are used as filler in asphalt, concrete for roads and light-weight fireproof roof tiles. If purchasing a board look for those made from recycled content which are currently on the market with 60 % recycled content in them, with the goal being 75 - 80 recycled content. This creates a huge shift in conserving resources during the manufacturing process, which today produces around 750,000 boards a year. "Catch the Wave" and RECYCLE!
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Not so fast...
I am quite confused at the lack of consistency among writers.
I was told that buying things made of styrofoam was bad!
I was also told that planes/cars used to get you to the beach are bad!
We all waste! here is an example! I dont blame your for that, surf on. Just understand that no one is entirely green!
A Foolish Consistency is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Why would you expect 50 writers from diverse backgrounds to be absolutely consistent? Styrofoam is very recyclable- but not that much is recycled due to it's bulk, storage issues, economics, etc. Using polyurethane in a durable good like a surfboard is not a bad thing, and reusing the material as a surfboard or another product is a virtue. Styrofoam for short-lived purposes like a hamburger container- one use and to the landfill- is rather silly.Better a short cycled material like recycled paper for that.
We get that no one is entirely green- with no impact. What we're trying to do here is help those that want to get a little greener everyday, do so, with tips, information and ideas to support them.To move from mindless consumption to mindful reuse. We're all compost at the end of our useful lives, but why not lengthen rather than speed up that day?
Re-concentration of our efforts
By all means Mr. Laur, I am not expecting a full consistency among everyone. But we all know there are a select few people who get articles in some select places on this website that should definately be held accountable for their writing.
However, as for Styrofoam: We, at this point, havent found a replacement as versatile or as practical as Styrofoam. We must use twice our energy to make up for the precious little difference used styrofoam take-out containers? Were the world perfect, we would have a harmless container fo all of our food and belongings. With the elimination of CFC's in styrofoam, I think we can shift our efforts to a more grand scale, and worry about Styrofoam once we are able to propose a viable solution.