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In a previous article, When Packing Materials Become Pest Highways: Biodegradable Packing Peanuts, we explored how stored product pests can infest and spread through shipments by feeding on starch-based biodegradable packing peanuts.

These materials were intended to replace the use of expanded polystyrene (often referred to by the trade name “Styrofoam”) packing materials, resulting in a reduced rate of plastic accumulation in our environment. After all, polystyrene is notorious for its persistence in the environment; it can take hundreds to thousands of years to degrade.

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