EPS foam is a kind of recyclable plastic but is hard to recycle. The drawbacks of the EPS foam collection are obvious: It is too large and light, so shipping EPS foam is uneconomical. This is one of the reasons why many recyclers or foam manufacturers hesitate to begin EPS foam recycling. But there are quick and efficient ways to recycle EPS foam. Last week, three organizations in Washington, D.C., pulled 1,000 cubic feet of clean EPS foam out of a landfill for recycling. They were also hesitant about EPS foam recycling, but EPS foam densifier solves this problem.



In the past decades, because of the rapid development of the economy and industry, various wastes have been thrown into the cities’ landfills. Over time, city managers found that the landfill was overwhelmed. The rate of waste decay and degradation cannot keep up with the speed of people making garbage. In particular, a large amount of EPS foam occupies nearly 40% of the landfill space, and EPS foam is non-degradable plastic. In the long run, the controversy caused by EPS foam is getting bigger and bigger. Moving EPS foam from landfills is currently the appeal of many cities. However, as mentioned above, what stands between waste EPS foam and EPS foam recycling is the big problem of transportation. Fortunately, now the EPS foam recycling industry has overcome this problem, an EPS foam densifier can reduce the volume of EPS foam through shredding and compression processing.



Washington's waste foam recycling event is a collaboration between Fishline Food Bank, Poulsbo Rotary Club, and Hill Moving Services. They organized volunteers, equipment, and vehicles to carry out waste EPS foam collection, transport, and recycling. EPS foam is loaded onto a recycling truck in Kent, Wash., driven to a recycling company in Kent, Wash., and loaded with food back to Kitsap County, where it started.



Some service organizations, such as Poulsbo Rotary, do not have enough space to store the EPS foam they have been collecting, and an EPS foam densifier is so important. Take the GREENMAX EPS foam densifier as an example: after the machine processes the waste EPS foam, the volume can be reduced to 1/50 or even 1/90 of the original. In this way, the cost of transportation can be reduced a lot, and the compressed EPS foam ingots are one of the plastic wastes purchased by prominent recyclers. INTCO Recycling not only provides EPS foam densifier but also buys back EPS foam ingots for recycling. We have a strong machine R&D team and professional sales staff, which can provide a full range of EPS foam recycling services. The future EPS foam recycling will definitely be the general trend in the industry, and I believe INTCO Recycling can bring you the best recycling experience.