Companies that use expanded polystyrene (EPS) on a day-to-day basis are implementing internal recycling programs. Walmart has created a closed-loop EPS recycling plan that takes the collected material and uses it to create recycled picture frames. For more details view this 2-minute Walmart EPS recycling video clip, featuring Walmart spokesman Mike Hagood, Senior Director Innovations.

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Packaging World magazine featured an article about a global pharmaceutical supplier's initiative to recycle their EPS coolers used to ship liquid and freeze-dried vaccines. Through a partnership with AFPR, the company developed a successful mail-back program that recycled more than 200,000 EPS coolers in 2010.