> It wouldn't surprise me in the least bit if Clark Foams shut down as a preventative measure to avoid a huge EPA hassle for the owner; making foam is a nasty b

> It wouldn't surprise me in the least bit if Clark Foams shut down as a preventative measure to avoid a huge EPA hassle for the owner; making foam is a nasty business, and it's expensive to do it by-the-book. No, it's cheap to do it not-by-the-book, and that lets people undercut innovators and those doing things legally and/or in an environmentally sound way. Clark was engaging in dumping to fight off anyone who dared to try to compete with him or innovate. I don't know if he was able to do so because he was cutting environmental corners, but he sure does seem like the type to not have a problem doing it. Edit: yup, from another article, he shut down because he didn't want to comply with environmental, fire and emissions regulations. Big surprise. And now that there isn't a massive asshole strangle-holding the entire industry? Wouldn't you know it, innovation has blossomed, including a slew of far more environmentally friendly manufacturing methods: > Even better, experimentation was finally unfettered. In the years since Clark’s closure, a kaleidoscope of weird foams have been developed. Reclaimed foams, mushrooms, algae, and even agricultural feed stock refuse are finding their way into the blank manufacturer’s recipe book. Nothing is off the table. Blanks can be made in far less toxic a manner, and that last for far longer than anything Clark ever produced.