How Styrofoam Works

Stuff You Should Know · Jun 10, 2025 · 46m · transcript

All those to-go cups and food containers aren’t actually Styrofoam but those cups and Styrofoam are both forms of foam polystyrene, one of the rare materials that isn’t biodegradable. Which is a problem, because we make – and throw away – so much of it.

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