Styrofoam coolers are lightweight, cheap, and pretty good at keeping beverages cold.
They’re also pretty bad for the environment.
Styrofoam is Dow Chemical’s trademarked name for extruded polystyrene, and in addition to being conveniently disposable, it’s also a source of greenhouse gases, doesn’t degrade for centuries, and is highly flammable. Oh, and animals confuse it for food and could eat enough of it and die.
