Due to environmental concerns and economic benefits, polystyrene recycling is getting to become a trend for manufacturers recently. A company in Canada has launched a recycling pilot project with the city of Saint Alberta. Residents were previously unable to dispose of their polystyrene waste, and the only way is to throw it away. Now people can bring their polystyrene to the recycling site, where it can be reused.



The air content in the polystyrene is greater than 90 percent, which means that transporting polystyrene is more like transporting air. Being bulky and big in size, polystyrene always causes high costs in transportation and storage. That is why polystyrene recycling is of great necessity. After collecting and compressing the polystyrene, the transport trucks can have half more space than before. The transport costs are thus reduced to a large extent.



The materials accepted to recycle include fish boxes, furniture packaging, food trays, and many other polystyrene materials. Although polystyrene is hard to degrade in nature, the machines can simplify the whole process of recycling. Polystyrene can be turned into ingots with the help of a densifier. Moreover, those ingots can be made into many other products, such as light furniture, picture frames, and photo frames, which are all closely related to our daily life. Therefore, the polystyrene recycling industry is a diversified circular industry chain.



Overall, the recycling industry of polystyrene is developed in a stable way. As polystyrene is non-biodegradable, so polystyrene recycling can not only save transport costs for manufacturers, but also offer help to environmental protection. As a recycling specialist, INTCO Recycling always keeps a good relationship with many manufacturers and cooperates with local organizations to hold recycling events. Polystyrene recycling is also beneficial to create new jobs and make more opportunities. As recycling awareness grows, INTCO looks forward to a brighter future.