Edmontonians can now drop off Styrofoam packaging free of charge at ecocentres for recycling, since the City awarded the municipal contract for their recovery and densification to the company Styro Re Cycle. It's the right thing to do, says Leighton Larson, who spent 30 years in the military before founding Styro Re Cycle with his business partner, Don Fink, during the pandemic. The recycling of polystyrene has always been an eternal topic, especially during the epidemic, we advocate to reduce direct contact between people, so polystyrene packaging is more important in the transportation process, and now our life is affected by the epidemic The influence of polystyrene recycling has been getting lower and lower, but the enthusiasm for polystyrene recycling should not diminish.

Doug Schermata, supervisor of waste collection services in Edmonton, recalls that the City launched a pilot project last year to recycle polystyrene foam in a few ecocentres, before extending it to all of its ecocentres. After the packaging is recovered from the Eco Center, Styro Re Cycle Company compresses it through a Styrofoam densifier. This kind of equipment is also highly recommended by Intco Recycling. Because it uses hot-melt technology for compression, we also call this equipment polystyrene melting machine, and it is used very frequently in the polystyrene recycling process.

The polystyrene melting machine designed and manufactured by Intco Recycling's GREENMAX machinery brand can achieve a compression ratio of 90:1. Especially during the epidemic, people are more aware of the high cost of labor, so we pursue the use of mechanical equipment to replace unnecessary labor, but It is not a complete ban on labor, but using polystyrene melting machine for polystyrene recycling can create more jobs: For example, workers who operate equipment, loaders who load polystyrene blocs, drivers who transport waste, etc. This not only realizes the recycling of resources but also creates new opportunities for re-employment.