Plastic waste is a significant issue, but what if you could turn rubbish into gold? using recycled plastic to create prosthetic legs in Indonesia. The source material for polypropylene is shred and then made into a sheet that is molded into the socket's necessary shape. The area where the patient and the socket meet is cushioned with a layer of fabric and foam. Patients pay less for their prosthetics while also helping to keep waste plastic out of landfills by using it to produce parts for prosthetics. In fact, not only polypropylene waste can be used to make medical equipment, but also this kind of foam is often used in the field of medical equipment

Polypropylene foam usually appears in an expanded state when it plays an important role in the medical industry, so we also call expanded polypropylene foam EPP foam. This kind of foam can be used as a packaging material for important medical devices in the medical industry, and it can also be used as a prosthetic material we mentioned above. But no matter what it is used for, there is no doubt that it must be cut and polished during the production process. In the whole process, a lot of foam scraps and foam dust will inevitably be produced. How to thoroughly recycle is also a topic that cannot be ignored.

For this kind of polypropylene foam with higher hardness, it is different from polystyrene foam. As a professional recycling company, INTCO recycling owns GREENMAX, a mechanical design and manufacturing company, and we recommend using foam melting machine for recycling. The main thing is to crush and melt first. After cooling, the waste will become 1/90 of the original volume. This step cannot be omitted in recycling any kind of foam. That is to say, if you want to complete this task efficiently and excellently, then you have to use such equipment as foam melting machine for recycling.

With the help of the foam melting machine, the obtained dense foam ingots can be processed into hard plastic particles and then manufactured into new plastic products, completely replicating the recycling concept of INTCO Recycling!