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From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam — none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of resources and landfill space, Ashton Cofer and his science fair teammates developed a heating treatment to break down used Styrofoam into something useful. Check out their original design, which won both the FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award and the Scientific American Innovator Award from Google Science Fair.
I personally love seeing people, especially children, who are interested about the environment and care about keeping it clean. Organizations and people like Ashton can make a difference within helping the world or certain topics, like keeping nature clean. The idea of breaking down Styrofoam into something we can use is very thought provoking.