Remember seeing a huge pile of that green foam at a wedding cleanup last year, it just felt wrong. I started using chicken wire shaped into balls for big pieces, it's a bit more work but holds stems tight. For smaller things, those reusable plastic frogs work, or even just a heavy vase with crisscrossed tape on top. It's a hassle to switch, but seeing that foam waste, like janag43 said about annoying design, makes you want a better way.

My neighbor's compost bin got a bear once.

My friend's forge got way hotter with charcoal, right?