I m not convinced that it s effective or even safe.
Can packing peanuts be used as insulation.
By preventing heat loss packing peanuts make lovely insulators.
Styrofoam is designed from air bubbles that are trapped to prevent heat energy from escaping.
Just put your cold drinks in a tub full of polystyrene peanuts and let them serve as insulation.
It also provides good insulation to keep products hot or cold while in transit.
In a wall cavity they would offer little resistance to air movement so they would be of limited r value.
Styrofoam is an extremely versatile material that can be used for numerous applications.
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Use packing peanuts to make a quick and easy diy cooler.
The r value of polystyrene is about 4 0 per inch.
The very reason why plastic peanuts work well as packing makes them a bad choice for wall insulation.
Plastic peanuts hold air that helps cushion whatever is being shipped.
But the problem with using packing peanuts for attic insulation is that while the individual peanuts may have an r value of about 4 0 per inch the peanuts have large air spaces between them which allows air currents to easily flow through a layer of packing peanuts.
From packaging peanuts that protect merchandise while in transit to insulation in homes and more it is useful in numerous situations.
Yes packing peanuts are excellent insulators because they are made out of styrofoam.
Has anyone ever seen this before.
Astonishingly it takes more than a million years for styrofoam packing peanuts to decompose.
Unfortunately this material is non biodegradable and terrible for the environment.