We must reduce the usage of polystyrene foam or replace it with more earth-friendly materials like other foam packaging. Packing peanuts made from corn will dissolve in water. Reusing polystyreyen foam is another earth-friendly way to use this material, but recycling it is still possible.
EPS is made up of styrene molecules with lots of air. It’spolystyrene. The styrene strands dissolve in acetone. They seem to disappear like magic when the acetone and polystyrene react together.
However, polystyrene or Styrofoam can be recycled! a lots of organizations and companies have recycled more than 2.5 MILLION pounds in the last year. Most of them are using a equipment named foam densifier to reduce the volume of waste EPS, after that, Chinese buyer will pick up the material and ship the material to some picture frame factories, all the waste EPS will become beautiful Picture Frames and Skirtings, you can buy these products in Wal mart, Target, BestBuy and so on.
If you are looking for a foam densifier, please google styrofoam densifier, you will get what you need.