Publix is a grocery store chain with more than 1,300 stores in the United States. Publix provides recycling bins specifically for EPS foam recycling.

Americans reportedly throw away 25 billion Styrofoam cups every year. In 2018, the EPA claimed that U.S. citizens generated more than 80,000 tons of EPS foam waste. Discarding so much foam not only clutters landfills, it also means the microplastics it contains can leach into soil and water, causing a worse impact on entire ecosystems. However, foam recycling bins from chain grocery stores can provide a solution for EPS foam recycling. These recycling bins allow the EPS foam in them to be returned to the production process of other foam products, reducing the use of various non-renewable materials such as petroleum.

EPS foam recycling can be achieved by reusing waste foam. EPS can be broken down into its original components and used in the manufacture of other foam products, appearing in the market many times in different forms. Moreover, the market for recycled EPS foam is continuing to expand, and the recycling value of EPS is much higher than that of recyclable materials such as cardboard. In the entire process of EPS foam recycling, transportation is the biggest problem. EPS is large and lightweight, with a 53-foot-long foam truck weighing only 2,000-3,000 pounds, making collection and transportation prohibitively expensive. A large amount of EPS foam has accumulated in many company warehouses, which not only takes up too much storage area, but also creates safety hazards.

GREENMAX EPS compactor allows companies to effectively reduce the cost of collecting and disposing of waste EPS, optimizes EPS management in terms of space and frequency of waste collection, and makes EPS foam recycling smoother and more efficient. The reduction of transportation and other costs has made EPS a secondary material for various plastic products. The GREENMAX EPS compactor, part of INTCO Recycling, is able to compact foam blocks in a 50:1 ratio, meeting the need for high operational safety and service. The waste EPS is put into the crushing bin of the EPS compactor. This device has a sharp screw cutter inside, which can quickly break the huge EPS into scraps of uniform size. These EPS scraps are then strongly compacted and extruded by the screw to obtain EPS blocks. In addition, INTCO Recycling, as an EPS recycling company, also provides foam sales solutions, and we can provide foam block buyback services at preferential prices. By selling EPS compaction blocks, the EPS compactor is able to get a quick return on investment while the foam waste is turned into valuable recycling material.

As an EPS recycling company, INTCO Recycling is committed to becoming a world-class high-tech manufacturer of resource recycling, meeting human needs, achieving carbon neutrality, and promoting sustainable development.