Peter Taylor, 74 years old, is a parade float builder who has been designing and building floats for the annual Auckland Farmers Santa Parade for 50 years.

From the late 1970s through the 1980s, the legends on the float were constructed from wooden frames covered with wire, which Taylor then papered into shape. But this year, he used polystyrene to create the figures, which allowed him to make them faster and with greater creativity and flexibility.

Polystyrene is extremely malleable and has a wide range of applications in multiple markets. These polystyrene figures will not become a waste after Christmas, but a resource that can be used again. Although waste foam is often discarded in landfills, polystyrene actually has a high recycling value. In terms of recyclability, polystyrene is one of the most recyclable plastics, and recycled polystyrene is more expensive than cardboard and other popular recycled goods. Therefore, the recycling of polystyrene can not only bring environmental benefits to enterprises, regions, and governments, but also bring economic benefits.

The professional GREENMAX foam recycling machine, part of INTCO Recycling, can make the entire recycling process of polystyrene simple, efficient and safe. Polystyrene is bulky and lightweight, and its transportation is a major issue in recycling. GREENMAX polystyrene compactor can compress loose foam to one-fiftieth of its original volume. Normally, the compressed density can reach 200-400kg/m3, which facilitates the transportation and storage. When the foam enters the machine from the feeding port, it will be broken into pieces by the screw cutter. Afterwards, it becomes dense foam ingots through physical compression by the screw. Generally, a 40-feet high container can hold 13-20 tons of cold-pressed foam ingots. Recycled polystyrene can be sold to local manufacturers for use in a variety of recycled polystyrene products. At the same time, if you are unwilling to spend time and energy looking for downstream buyers, INTCO also provides customers with polystyrene waste purchasing services. In this way, not only the return on investment in the machine can be obtained quickly, but also the waste foam can be transformed into a continuous source of income for enterprises and governments, and the burden of the foam on the environment is greatly reduced.

INTCO Recycling has a unique closed-loop model of polystyrene plastic recycling, which realizes the reuse of foam through processes such as recycling, compression, granulation and regeneration.