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Hawaii Company Transforms Surfboard Waste into Construction Blocks

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Ben Dreith

10mo ago· 5 min readenNews

Summary

Surf Block Maui converts foam waste from surfboard-shaping into building materials for local construction in Hawaii to address industry waste issues.

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Surf Block Maui has developed a system that converts foam from surfboard-shaping into building materials for local construction to ameliorate multiple problems in Hawaii.
Surf Block Maui was founded on the Hawaiian island to address waste left behind by the surfboard industry, which uses EPS (known as styrofoam) in the production process.
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Surf Block Maui has developed a system that converts foam from surfboard-shaping into building materials for local construction to ameliorate multiple problems in Hawaii.

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