As 2022 draws to a close, recycling has not stopped, with many counties and states continuing to recycle polystyrene. Last month in Transylvania County, an interdenominational religious fraternity, the local landfill, and a private entrepreneur organized a polystyrene recycling event. That day, volunteers worked together to sort, recycle and remove nearly 400 tons of polystyrene from the county landfill.



The First United Methodist Church was also instrumental in making this event a success. They are a voluntary collective of people who aim to help the environment and come together to create the greatest positive impact. In their wake, they are also seeing a growing awareness that how people use resources has an impact on ecosystems. For example, if people throw away polystyrene waste randomly, it can cause all kinds of environmental pollution and affect the ecological balance. In particular, people living in poor areas where waste is dumped have seen their living conditions and standards greatly affected. Whatever the purpose, it is becoming clear that landfills need to be cleaned up and the environment needs to be improved together. And polystyrene, which takes up a large proportion of the waste in landfills, needs to be disposed of in a suitable way: polystyrene recycling.



Polystyrene waste appears in various forms in landfills because polystyrene is so widely used. Packaging boxes, insulation panels, food packaging boxes, etc., are the most common polystyrene products. Especially when buying furniture and appliances, to protect the product, polystyrene is used as packaging. When you buy a 70-inch TV, you also get half a pound of polystyrene. The advantages of polystyrene -- it is lightweight and bulk -- turn out to be fatal drawbacks when recycled. Fortunately, INTCO Recycling makes a polystyrene recycling machine that can compress polystyrene significantly.



Studies estimate that polystyrene takes 500 years to break down, but it's not going away. It's in our oceans, it exists in various forms in water and soil and even in living things. Transylvania County Solid Waste Supervisor Kenn Webb called the event an unqualified success. INTCO Recycling, a specialist in polystyrene recycling, agrees: Positive recycling signals lead to better market changes in polystyrene recycling. Any questions about polystyrene, follow us.