Getting rid of polystyrene

iseegirls

Have moved into a new house recently, and with plenty of new appliances comes a load of polystrene.
Is there any cheap way to get rid in Waterford? Don't think Kilbarry takes it.
I feel if I'm going to be putting it in the black bin every 2 weeks, then it'll take about 2/3 months for it all to go.

mikeecho

Put it into a metal bucket and add petrol.

Not environmentally friendly, but effective.

longshanks

Whoever sold you the goods should take back the wrapping.

Max Powers

mikeecho wrote: »

Put it into a metal bucket and add petrol.

Not environmentally friendly, but effective.

Sometimes place you bought the white goods will take it back, ring em.
Does recycle centre in kilbarry take it.?
It's not a bad insulation I would say so if you had large sheets that could be cut up to insulate water tank or under existing insulation in attic.
Last resort, break into small pieces and black bin.

morebarn2

Not so much an answer to your problem of disposing of it , but, Polystyrene is excellent for use in drainage in plant containers and window boxes. Its very light,so does not add to the weight of the container and reduces the amount of soil needed to fill them.

Harry Palmr

Got an Attic? Throw it up there. It won't go off, it weights nothing and no wildlife will make a home in it.

iseegirls

Thanks all for replies. Will try the shops where we got the goods from in the morning. Hopefully they can take it. If not, I'll try kilbarry. Last resort would be attic then. Deffo not the petrol option. :P

johndoe99

don't put in attic, polystyrene is highly flammable, if you ever had an electrical fault in the attic, the whole house could go up.

robtri

pack it into black bags and up to Kilbarry.. general waste is €4 a bag...

second option, I iwll say not sure if this still works, but before you could drive up to greenstar with rubbish in car, car gets weighed on way in, empty rubbish out and car gets weighed on way out and charged on how much you dumped, should be fairly cheap to do it that way, but give greenstar a ring beforehand to make sure they still do it, it was a while ago i last done that

looksee

robtri wrote: »

pack it into black bags and up to Kilbarry.. general waste is €4 a bag...

second option, I iwll say not sure if this still works, but before you could drive up to greenstar with rubbish in car, car gets weighed on way in, empty rubbish out and car gets weighed on way out and charged on how much you dumped, should be fairly cheap to do it that way, but give greenstar a ring beforehand to make sure they still do it, it was a while ago i last done that

That's a good option, I did it with a car load of empty plastic plantpots and polystyrene containers, also one bag of heavy stuff. Got rid of the lot for €10.

e.r

Give it to the kids on the road to make fake snow

iseegirls

Brought it around to the back of Harvey Norman. They took a full car load of the stuff. Happy days - and all for free. Just make sure to bring receipt of purchases in case they ask. They didn't ask for anything off me.