Disconcerted about the mountain of block foam piled high around the Christmas tree?
Clark County residents will have a chance to dispose of white block foam, typically packaged with electronics, during a free collection event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 2 in the Yellow 1 parking lot at Clark College. The parking lot is on the west side of Fort Vancouver Way.
The event collects polystyrene and polypropylene block foam of any color, but it must be clean and bagged. No plastic-wrapped yellow urethane foam, hot tub covers or packing peanuts will be accepted. Only Washington-licensed cars may participate.
A Portland-based recycling business grinds the collected foam into powder, mixes and melts it with special additives and creates pellets of the same quality as new plastic.
