Scunthorpe schools learn about EPS For the past four years LINPAC Moulded Foams in Scunthorpe has been assisting local school students to complete their GCSE in Manufacturing. So far, four secondary schools have taken part in the scheme — Frederick Gough, Baysgarth, North Axholme and South Axholme. The schools send 12 pupils at a time to visit the plant and to learn about the manufacture and recycling of EPS packaging.
“We ask them to try to guess what some of the more unusually-shaped items might be — which always gets a good response! We show them the Exceptional Packaging Solution DVD and after that we take them around the site, so that they can see the whole process for themselves.” The visits have proved so successful, that each year the participating schools request a return trip and new schools have asked if they can join in. “They arrive not knowing anything about EPS, or even having thought much about it. By the time they leave — three hours later — they have a good understanding about the material and why it is so useful as a protective and insulating packaging material “And, they’ve learnt that an EPS box can be recycled and they know that they can use our EPS Recycling Point for their own used EPS packaging,” concludes MacCready. From EPS News Winter 2006 |
Scunthorpe schools learn about EPS EPS: The Exceptional Packaging Solution DVD
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Manufacturing Manager, Steve McCready, runs the tours: “The first thing we do with each group is tell them about LINPAC Moulded Foam and brief them on health & safety, then we introduce them to the material and our products. 
