What to do with cheap surfboards?

[beattieKeymaster]

Cheap polystyrene surfboards are discarded in huge numbers. This highlights the problem.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-41378467

This article shows one way to use the fabric covers, but disposing of the polystyrene middle is another problem.

• This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by  beattie.

[ememiemsParticipant]

I wonder if they could be utilised as insulation? In a out-building, garage or in a new-build eco-house?

[beattieKeymaster]

Would they pose a fire risk? I don’t think I could recommend using them as insulation unless covered by a reliably fireproof layer.

I know someone who recycles surfboards as pin boards. They’re covered in used coffee bean sacks, trimmed with recycled rope and sold at a profit, I hope. She has also contemplated chopping them up to use as bean bag filling, but you can’t believe the mess that makes!

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