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Recycling Facility Receives Grant To Recycle Polystyrene Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling (WCR), a non- profit environmental organization based in southwestern Pennsylvania, has received a $46,500 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition (FRC), Falls Church, Virginia, to add a foam densifier to its drop-off facility that recovers hard-to-re- cycle materials. Installing Capacity WCR oversees recycling activity inWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which has 67 municipalities and more than 151,000 households. The organization opened its first drop-off facility in 2014 to manage hard-to-recycle materials not collected in curb- side recycling. Materials accepted include electronics, tires, scrap metal, appliances, fluorescent bulbs/fixtures, used motor oil, lead-acid batteries, glass containers and now polystyrene (PS). FRC said the funding will enable WCR to purchase and install a high-capacity densifier unit to manage its drop-off foam collection at a new and larger facility the organiza- tion opened in May.The densifier will allowWCR to collect any type of foam, including foodservice packaging (e.g., cups, plates, bowls, clamshells and cafeteria trays), other foam food packaging (e.g., egg cartons and meat trays) and block protective packaging foam found with electronics or furniture.

MILL BUYING PAPERSTOCK PRICES Average prices per ton PAID BY MILLS . For Baled, F.O.B. Seller’s Dock, Packed to PS-09 standards. ISRI Specifications (PS-09) numbers appear in parentheses. Prices are intended for purposes of REFERENCE ONLY . They do not connote any commitment to sell or buy at the indicated price. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.

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