Foam Food Service Facts
FACTS ABOUT
FOAM FOODSERVICE PRODUCTS
AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
Foam foodservice products do not “clog” landlls. Polystyrene foam foodservice products
constitute less than 1%, by both weight and volume, of landll waste.
Dart does not use chlorouorocarbons (CFCs) in manufacturing foam cups, and never has.
An average‒weight foam cup requires 32% less energy to produce than a comparable paper
hot drink cup with cardboard sleeve.
Plastic coated paper cups are dicult to recycle due to their multi-layer composition.
An average-weight paper hot cup generates about 181% more solid waste by weight than
a comparable foam cup.
An average-weight paper hot cup with a cardboard sleeve requires about 47% more energy
to produce than a comparable foam cup.
An average-weight paper hot cup with a cardboard sleeve generates 379% more solid waste
by weight than a comparable foam cup.
An average-weight paper cold cup generates 148% more solid waste by weight than
a comparable foam cup.
For additional environmental information, visit our website at www.dart.biz
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