Shannon Mikus was surprised to see what looked like snow falling in her backyard — in the middle of July.
Upon closer inspection, Mikus saw they were small bits of expanded polystyrene foam, which is closely related to and resembles Styrofoam.
Mikus and her neighbours, who are on a quiet residential street in the Minnow Lake neighbourhood of Sudbury, Ont., say a nearby construction project has rained down the material, covering yards and getting into pools and even inside their homes.
“My youngest is eight months old and I haven’t been able to play with him at all in my yard for probably two weeks now because there’s Styrofoam pieces everywhere,” Mikus
