Are you feeling annoyed with the stack of polystyrene? Polystyrene food and beverage containers, polystyrene packages, and polystyrene boards… All these polystyrene products, when we use them, we feel they are convenient and effective, but when we need to dispose of them, we usually fall into a helpless situation: can polystyrene be recycled? Where is polystyrene recycled? How is polystyrene recycled? Read on to get answers at the annual Covington recycling event at Holmes.



Last Saturday, Covington's annual recycling event entered its seventh year. Recycling in Covington has been increasing, according to annual recycling figures, which bodes well. Already, more than 67,000 tonnes of cargo have avoided going to landfill and have instead been diverted, sorted and recycled. Among them, polystyrene, has been sent to landfill for disposal before it started to be included in the recycling program. But polystyrene is known to be so bulky that it can easily fill up space in landfills. To make matters worse, polystyrene is not biodegradable (there is currently no proven technology to do so), which means that limited landfill space is always occupied by polystyrene.



Covington is aware of these issues and holds annual recycling events, and polystyrene is among the accepted waste. As the event continued, Covington residents also realized that it was important to divert recyclables from landfills. As a 100% recyclable material, polystyrene should be disposed of properly. You must know that polystyrene recycling is a social responsibility. Whether it is residents of Covington, or people in other places, as well as the polystyrene industry, recycling polystyrene should be taken seriously.



Where does the collected polystyrene end in? Professional recyclers will buy polystyrene waste. But before being acquired, polystyrene is best processed through a polystyrene recycling machine. Because polystyrene is very swell, a truckload of polystyrene is actually very light, and it is not very cost-effective to transport polystyrene. INTCO Recycling has developed GRENNMAX polystyrene recycling machines capable of pre-processing the polystyrene to be recycled: compressed volume. Compressed polystyrene is more easily transported and used for pelletizing, which is then fed into the manufacture of recycled plastic products. By starting at the source and bringing polystyrene into the recyclable range, INTCO Recycling will help more people do this meaningful and great activity.