In the UK there is a Seafood Village that is a large seafood processing industry center. As many as 21 seafood companies catch process and sell all types of seafood there. But the most commendable thing is that this seafood village has recovered the largest amount of polystyrene fish boxes in history in the past year: Almost 240,000 polystyrene fish boxes were recycled. The managing director of Seafood Village is very proud of this. Such a large amount of polystyrene boxes is enough to fill up more than 200 40-feet trailers.



Polystyrene is usually used for food transportation and preservation because of its lightweight, anti-collision, thermal insulation, and other functions. And seafood products have been using polystyrene boxes as an important part of transportation and storage. However, polystyrene has always been regarded as a disposable product, and it is always discarded after use, which is a great waste of resources. The processing of polystyrene is nothing more than landfill or incineration, which is very harmful to the environment. Fortunately, in recent years, the concept of polystyrene recycling has gradually emerged. As one of the main consumers of polystyrene, the fishery has also participated in this recycling movement.



The Seafood Village has set an excellent example for others. First, they gather companies together to form a business district, so they can share public facilities. Then according to the recommendations of the recycling company, they set up a special polystyrene collection area. Various fishery companies can put discarded polystyrene fish boxes in this place to facilitate unified collection and transportation. When the amount of polystyrene is enough, they will pack them and sell them to recycling companies.



Of course, a better solution to this situation is to purchase a polystyrene densifier themselves. Because it is not cost-effective to transport polystyrene in its original state. The polystyrene densifier is a kind of machine that can compress loose polystyrene waste into high-density ingots. After being compressed, the volume and the cost of transporting will be reduced greatly. And the ingots can be sold to make profits. It’s so cost-effective. INTCO Recycling is a reliable polystyrene recycler, can provide customers with GREEENMAX polystyrene densifiers. According to our various past cooperation cases, there is a great benefit for the fishery and other polystyrene-related industries to implement polystyrene recycling.