Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is a widely used packaging material in various fields of modern industry. More than 50% of the EPS is used in shock-absorbing packaging for electronic appliances, fish boxes and agricultural products, which are discarded after one-time use. After finishing packaging missions, the EPS waste will be sent to landfills and then become a source of  “White Pollution”.

In Australia, 90% of the waste comes from residents, and the local council is responsible for handling all kinds of waste. The Australian Packaging Association reports that only 29.7% of the polystyrene used in packaging is recycled. Part of the problem is that, when placed in a roadside bin, small pieces of polystyrene are mixed with other recyclable waste and are considered pollutants. As a result, most recycling programs do not accept EPS bubbles for roadside recycling.

Polystyrene foam is 98% air and it is 100% recyclable and can be reused as raw materials for plastic and materials for heat generation. Turn waste polystyrene foam into reused treasure – this is the most ideal way to dispose of waste foam.

INTCO Recycling is the leading company that provides customers with one-stop polystyrene recycling solutions. GREENMAX Polystyrene recycling machine, manufactured by INTCO Recycling, has served over 100 businesses and organizations in polystyrene related fields across Australia and New Zealand for over 10 years.

GREENMAX Mars Series hot melter, for example, is a polystyrene melting machine equipped with the screw melting technology, specialized in reducing the volume of waste polystyrene foam (EPS) by crushing, hot melting and extrusion molding.

In 2018, East Gippsland Shire Council, a government with a population of approximately 45,000 people, 400 kilometers from Melbourne, chose a GREENMAX Polystyrene Melting Machine to carry out the project of polystyrene foam recycling.

When the polystyrene melting machine starts, throw the waste polystyrene foam into the machine hopper where it is crushed into small pieces, then drop into the screw part where the crushed foam pieces will be pushed out and then melted by heating parts. Finally, the polystyrene waste will become the hot melted ingots with a density of 90:1, greatly saving transportation and storage costs. Staffs from the East Gippsland Shire Council said that the GREENMAX polystyrene melting machine has given them a lot of help.