Styrofoam is made of polystyrene resin and added with additives such as foaming agent. It is the most used cushioning material, which has a closed cell structure, low water absorption, excellent water resistance, and low density.
The main use of recycling polystyrene foam are granulated after volume reduction, pulverized as various filling materials, cracking to produce oil or reused to make other new products.
1. Granulation after volume reduction: Styrofoam can be melt-extruded and granulated to produce recycled pellets, but it is bulky and inconvenient to transport, and usually needs to be reduced in volume. The methods are mechanical, solvent and heating.
2. Used as a filler after pulverization: styrofoam products can be used as fillers after
a)pulverization to make various products.
b) remolded into a foamed plastic product
c)oncrete composite board products
d) plaster sandwich brick
e) used as asphalt enhancer
f) used as a soil modifier
3. Pyrolysis to produce oil or recycling of styrene.
During the past 10 years, recycling polystyrene waste has been promoted across the whole country, as we know it will take hundreds of years to degrade polystyrene waste, and it’s an unavoidable packaging material in our daily life, that’s why we have to recycle polystyrene in order to reduce the white pollution.
Currently, one of the most popular way to solve the problems encountered by recycling polystyrene disposal is to take advantage of GREENMAX polystyrene compactor. It can reduce the volume of eps waste to 50 times smaller than before. And the compressed polystyrene waste can be granulated into ps pellets, which can be sold back to end users or recyclers at a high price.
GREENMAX polystyrene recycling is a professional waste management company with high reputation, offering a considerate solutions to our valued customers, who are coming from over 60 countries and regions. Nevertheless, GREENMAX recycling is a responsible company who guarantees that they purchase back all the compacted polystyrene waste from GREENMAX screw compactor.
With the development of technology, polystyrene recycling becomes easier and lucrative,we should keep pace with the times.