Rigid polystyrene is lightweight and stiff making it ideal for food containers 1 of 5 Slide 1 of 5, Coloured acrylic panels, Acrylic panels can be both solid colour and transparent ...

There were rolls and rolls of sticky-backed plastic, barrels of beads, shelves full of coloured foam, racks of fluorescent paint, buckets of cotton wool, the whole surmounted by a papier-mache ...

Some Long Island nurseries and big-box stores are offering an eco-friendly solution. They are offering to recycle the containers, keeping them out of landfills and repurposing them for other uses.