http://blog.genpak.com/index.php/2010/02/17/chicago-city-council-proposes-cost-hike-in-foodservice-ware/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.genpak.com/index.php/2010/02/17/chicago-city-council-proposes-cost-hike-in-foodservice-ware/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Genpak Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:36:56 +0000 http://blog.genpak.com/?p=326#comment-313 Thanks for the reply. Quick note. Styrofoam is actually a trade name from DuPont. The rest of us refer to this material as foam, or foamed polystyrene. At any rate, yes we are expanding our substrate offerings to include bio-based materials such as pulp and hybrids. Interesting thoughts on perception and reality. Thanks for the reply. Quick note. Styrofoam is actually a trade name from DuPont. The rest of us refer to this material as foam, or foamed polystyrene. At any rate, yes we are expanding our substrate offerings to include bio-based materials such as pulp and hybrids. Interesting thoughts on perception and reality.

]]> http://blog.genpak.com/index.php/2010/02/17/chicago-city-council-proposes-cost-hike-in-foodservice-ware/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Steven Levine Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:01:34 +0000 http://blog.genpak.com/?p=326#comment-287 Making styrofoam illegal is wrong. When you sell eps products, you have start thinking about the consumer and how they feel about genpack. Ask the question, when you buy a styro cup are you paying to get rid of it? I would say no. However, when you buy a paper hot cup I think part of the additional cost, especially for compostable hot cups, is due to the extra handling involved in responsible disposal. The fact that there is no direct connection between the extra cost and the disposal cost only shows that perception is stronger than reality. The truth is that you really are a very good styrofoam company. You are smart to try to broaden your base with the bio-based products, but your strength and passion is probably with eps. I suggest you try to include disposal in your sale price for the eps products and funnel some of that to the government entities that are considering banning the product line. Making styrofoam illegal is wrong. When you sell eps products, you have start thinking about the consumer and how they feel about genpack. Ask the question, when you buy a styro cup are you paying to get rid of it? I would say no. However, when you buy a paper hot cup I think part of the additional cost, especially for compostable hot cups, is due to the extra handling involved in responsible disposal. The fact that there is no direct connection between the extra cost and the disposal cost only shows that perception is stronger than reality. The truth is that you really are a very good styrofoam company. You are smart to try to broaden your base with the bio-based products, but your strength and passion is probably with eps. I suggest you try to include disposal in your sale price for the eps products and funnel some of that to the government entities that are considering banning the product line.

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