polystyrene boxes

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2010, 18:10 »
Chinese supermarkets have loads of them for the fish

the plane tickets to collect them wont be cheep!  :lol:

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2010, 20:20 »
My hubby works for local authority for IT department all there stuff is delivered well packaged up and the polysterene is thrown away.  Give your local council IT department a ring.  (Or places like PC World might have some).  However, my little boy keeps nicking it out of my greenhouse and making snow in the garden :) so you've been warned!

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2010, 16:01 »
I've been reading this thread with interest.  I have quite a bit of polystyrene and was thinking about growing salads in it but was put off by a thought, do they contain any nasty chemicals that could leach into the food?

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2012, 14:40 »
you can get the boxes from the pharmacy as well they have medical supplies delivered in them all the time, that's were i got mine to make my incubators, and yes the polystyrene boxes are brill for turning into incubators ! just an ennergy saving bulb cup of water and thermometer an your off ! happy hatching!

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2012, 23:20 »
Fishmongers keep wet fish in polystyrene boxes.  I don't think they would be allowed to use them if there were nasties in them

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2012, 07:35 »
Fishmongers keep wet fish in polystyrene boxes.  I don't think they would be allowed to use them if there were nasties in them

The question about leaching was asked nearly two years ago and the person who asked it hasn't been around the forum for 15 months. :) I hope they didn't find anything nasty in their polystyrene boxes.  :ohmy:
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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #21 on: June 15, 2012, 11:55 »
My girlfriend works in pathology for the NHS and they use these poly boxes to transport blood n guts all over the UK. She brings home the ol' bloodstained ones for me to make into incubators  :D

Actually they are all clean, I do give them a wipe round with disinfectant cleaner though.

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Re: polystyrene boxes
« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2012, 21:27 »
Check some old builders skips for the scrap or leftover polystyrene loft and wall insulation, you can then make your own box, that's what I use. far better than the old fish boxes.

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