As we all know, Australia is a vast territory with a sparse population, where most EPS waste is produced in residents and shopping centers and processed by local councils. Under normal circumstances, Waste Management companies will go to the residents to recycle various wastes in the bins, but the EPS waste such as electrical packaging is often too large to be directly thrown into the bins, so some transfer stations are set up for residents within local council to drop off.

In the past years, these collected EPS wastes were usually transferred by the council to landfills or burned in the open air, resulting in high transportation costs and environmental pollution. With the development of Australia’s circular economy and the popularity of EPS recycling, many councils turned to finding more economical and environmentally friendly ways to recycle EPS waste besides landfill incineration.

Albury City Council

Albury City Council, located at the junction of New South Wales and Victoria, began recycling expanded polystyrene (EPS) in 2012, collecting 3-4 tons of EPS waste on average every month. To improve recycling efficiency and save labor costs,  Albury City Council introduced a GREENMAX EPS recycling machine with a full set of automatic systems, which helps Albury City Council save at least 50% of labor costs and 30% of electricity costs.

What is the GREENMAX EPS recycling machine?

GREENMAX is the brand of EPS recycling machine manufactured by INTCO Recycling - the leading company which provides one-stop EPS recycling solutions. GREENMAX EPS Compactor, for example, is an EPS recycling machine specialized in compressing waste EPS lunch box, XPS insulation board, EPP, etc. into blocks by rotating screw pressure without heating. GREENMAX EPS compactor can compress waste EPS/EPP/EPE foam that is light in weight and bulky at a volume reduction ratio of 50:1, thereby helping to save transportation and storage costs.

How does GREENMAX EPS Compactor recycle waste EPS?

Equipped with the screw and automatic hydraulic system, the waste EPS can be pre-crushed in the storage bin of the GREENMAX EPS compactor and then compacted into dense and uniform blocks with a volume reduction ratio of 50:1, greatly reducing the volume of waste foam and saving storage and transportation costs, which is suitable for councils with large amounts of EPS waste to process or those who want to do long-term EPS recycling business.