In the United States, different cities have different regulations for garbage sorting and recycling. Located in California in the western United States, blue trash cans (blue represents recyclable) are a must for public spaces and residential communities, even indoors such as offices.
One point that California differs from most other states is that California’s waste sorting allows the throwing of polystyrene waste into blue trash cans. The municipality of California, in collaboration with a specialized polystyrene recycling company, will make these polystyrene wastes recycled polystyrene.
In the United States, there are almost 20,000 polystyrene recycling companies serving different cities. Every Friday morning, the recycling company’s big trucks will appear in residential areas, dumping the polystyrene waste in the blue trash cans and transporting them to the recycling center.
A polystyrene compactor A-C100 machine is often placed at the recycling center. This machine is specifically designed to compress the air content of polystyrene. It should be noted that polystyrene is 98% air, and the uncompressed polystyrene will cost a lot of money in storage and transportation.
Polystyrene compactor can compress polystyrene waste into a polystyrene block in a ratio of 50:1. Polystyrene blocks are easy to stack and transport, saving a lot of money in these two areas.
Polystyrene block, also called recycled polystyrene, can be used as a raw material for frames, skirtings, hangers and other products. The end market acquires recycled polystyrene for production to achieve true polystyrene recycling.
This recycling of polystyrene by recycling companies complements the vacancies in the US recycling system, while profitable polystyrene recycling reduces the entry of polystyrene waste into the environment.