Landfill
" Estimates vary for the
breakdown of Styrofoam
from a few years to as
much as 1 million,
depending on
environmental conditions.
Because of the harm this
solid waste causes to the
environment, many places
have banned the
petroleum-based material,
including Orange County
in California and the city of
Portland, Oregon"
(Dilthey). Because
polystyrene takes a long
time to decompose when
it is put into landfill it
doesn't break down.
Polystyrene doesn't react
to acid so this makes the
decomposition rate even
slower, but polystyrene
does dissolve when in
contact with chlorinated
and hydrocarbon
substances (Rodgers).
Citatons
Dilthey, Max Roman. “How Long Does It
Take for Styrofoam to Break
SMILE:)
BY: Y'SKIZJA
Down?” Sciencing, 2 Mar. 2019,
https://sciencing.com/long-styrofoam- THOMPSON-HORTON
break-down-5407877.html.
3rd period November 12, 2019
“Expanded Polystyrene Foam
(EPF).” How Products Are Made,
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-
1/Expanded-Polystyrene-Foam-
EPF.html.
Little, Mark. “Facts About Landfill &
Styrofoam.” Sciencing, 2 July 2019,
https://sciencing.com/facts-about-
landfill-styrofoam-5176735.html.
Rogers, Tony. “Everything You Need To
Know About Polystyrene
(PS).” Everything You Need To Know
About Polystyrene (PS),
https://www.creativemechanisms.com/b I chose to make a flower
log/polystyrene-ps-plastic.
mirror from plastic
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
“Polystyrene.” Encyclopædia Britannica, spoons because it looked
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 16 Nov.
like a challenging diy to
2018,
https://www.britannica.com/science/pol
ystyrene. recreate.
 Matrials used
What is History of polystyrene
-Plastic spoons -Hot glue
Polystyrene? -round mirror -paint Polymerizing styrene
-xacto knife -sandpaper
Polystyrene is most has been known since
-cardboard -hooks
commonly known as EPS 1839 when Eduard
which is the puffed/foam Simon converted it into
Research How to make
version, but for this project 1) cut handles off of spoons a solid. Polystyrene was
we used the hard plastic 2) saw spoon head edges not intended for
3) paint spoon heads
version. Polystyrene is 4) measure cardboard for commercial use
made from raw materials desired size because it was too
5) cut out circle for mirror
such as fossil fuels and 6) hot glue spoon heads brittle, but by 1938 it
petroleum (Expanded 7) hot
Addglue mirror
a little bit of body text was being produced
8) hot glue triangle hooks to
Polystyrene Foam). hang on wall commercially.
(Polystyrene).
Landfill space
Chemistry
Chemical formula: C8H8
Polystyrene
30%

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Carbon- 12.011 %C
92.26%
Price
Hydrogen- 1.008 %H
other
70%
Spoons- $15 7.74%
Cardboard- recycled $0 Total: 13.019