EPS is often a lightweight packaging option as it provides cushioning and stability to protect products during shipping. EPS has the functions of heat insulation and shock absorption, which can keep food warm and protect fragile high-value electronic products and large household appliances. With 95% of its volume made up of air, a small amount of material can cost-effectively protect goods during transportation. EPS is BPA and phthalate-free, mold-resistant, FDA-approved for medical and food-grade applications, and is quite safe to use. Therefore, the loss of this material will greatly make people’s lives inconvenient. However, the recycling of waste EPS has become a huge problem now.
Wasted EPS is not biodegradable and can exist in the soil for 500 years, which will harm wildlife, soil, and water resources. When it ends up in landfills, serious damage will be caused to the soil and crop yields. Marine foam garbage can reduce the quality of seabed sediments, change marine habitats, and destroy the stability and balance of marine ecosystems. Fortunately, many governments and businesses have taken action to remedy the situation of foam pollution. EPS recycling volume continues to grow, from 33.6MLBS in 2008 to 46.4MLBS in 2018. It’s worth noting that some equipment is used in the process of companies’ recycling to help compress EPS, which is currently the best way to recycle EPS.
Blumar Seafoods is a global company dedicated to fisheries and aquaculture, which needs to find polystyrene fish box recycling solutions urgently. They decided to replace the original EPS boxes with new packaging during the process of repackaging, which resulted in a large amount of EPS waste, and hence a lot of storage space was taken up. In 2019, INTCO Recycling supplied Blumar Seafoods with a complete set of EPS foam recycling solution which the team was satisfied with and began the cooperation business. GREENMAX EPS recycling compactor A-C200, offered by INTCO, reduces the volume of foam to one-fiftieth of its original volume, which is specially designed for water contained foam fish boxes recycling and makes transportation, storage and recycling much easier. Putting this machine into production can not only improve operating efficiency but also establish a good public image of the enterprise.
INTCO provides excellent EPS foam recycling solutions and buys back compressed blocks to turn EPS waste into treasure through compaction, granulation, and regeneration. We will always be committed to global foam recycling and environmental protection.