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• n  a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic
  expanded polystyrene looks like a rigid white foam and is used as packing or insulation

• Curved backs and reclining loungers ("sofas that just happen to have beans in them") plus 283 L of polystyrene microbeads make for a blissful way to enjoy a chilled latte .
• New designs using expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), epoxy resins and stiff sheets of carbon fiber add responsiveness and maneuverability to the boards.
• McDonald's faces a children's crusade against polystyrene .

News & Articles

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• Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd Launches Special Offer on its Expandable Polystyrene Monthly Market Monitoring ...
  Subscribe to one-year expandable polystyrene monthly market monitoring service till June 30, 2013 and get 3 extra months for free. (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10830601.htm
  June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
• Research and Markets: Polystyrene Industry Outlook in Argentina to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends ...
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Polystyrene Industry Outlook in Argentina to 2016 - Market S
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Research and Markets: Global Polystyrene (PS) market Research Report: 2013 Edition with Market Outlook and Forecasts ...
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Polystyrene : 2013 World Market Outlook and Forecast
  June 12, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Steve Butland in Sault Star
  Right now they are importing the polystyrene from northeastern states and we have stores and furniture stores and computer companies that are throwing it out and filling their waste bins,Butland said.
• David Edwards in FoodProductionDaily.com
  Eventually, we believe that FrogPack will replace padded envelopes and boxes that utilise polystyrene inserts and plastic air bubbles,said Edwards.