Trashformers Team Project -- Styrofoam

By essentially a unanimous vote, the team has selected Styrofoam as the trash item for this years team project.  With this decision made, we must now move forward and actually complete the project.  Therefore, I need everyone to begin doing research, finding information, and discussing ideas.  Feel free to post information and links in the comments to this post.  The more discussion and information sharing that occurs here, the less time we will need to spend during team meetings and we can spend more time on the robot missions.

Now, with Styrofoam as the trash item, we really need to work on the following questions.

• What problem does this trash create?
• Is it recyclable?  If not, why not?  If so, why isn't it done more often?
• How big is the problem?  Looking here for how many tons/year, etc.
• Remember, we need to come up with a solution.  Are there any possible solutions already being discussed?  What can our team do to contribute?  Is there an education opportunity?  Should we make a blog?  A video? 
• Also remember, we need to share our work with others.  Who can/should we share with?  How will we share?