A recycling company in Mecosta County, Michigan received a $10,000 grant from Ice Mountain. This fund will be used to purchase a new box truck to support the company’s recycling efforts, which include the recycling of Styrofoam.

Mecosta County recycling center collects baled and compacted recycling materials every two weeks to keep them out of landfills. They collect items that other recycling centers don't, including Styrofoam, shredded paper and hardcover books. According to the latest data, the recycling center collected 7 tons of polystyrene foam and 21 tons of plastic in 2022.

Many people still have the mistaken idea that Styrofoam is a disposable material that is difficult to recycle. They usually choose to throw the foam directly into landfills. However, in fact, waste foam is a renewable resource and its recycling value is very high. At the same time, using a professional Styrofoam recycling machine can make foam recycling simple, efficient and safe.

In the entire recycling process of foam, the most difficult step is transportation. Because 90% of the composition of foam is air, it is large in size and light in weight, taking up a lot of storage space, and the transportation costs are also quite high. But GREENMAX foam compactor can compress loose foam into dense foam blocks at a high ratio, which is convenient for subsequent transportation and storage. If you put 50 cubic meters of waste Styrofoam into the silo of a GREENMAX compactor, you will end up with only 1 cubic meter of compressed foam block, which can be easily stored on pallets.

The GREENMAX Styrofoam compactor was developed by INTCO Recycling, which is a recycler and one of the largest end-users of foam. From the recycling, compression, granulation and production of recycled products of waste foam, INTCO Recycling has demonstrated the closed-loop model of foam recycling to global customers, truly realizing the recycling of waste Styrofoam. INTCO has a global foam purchasing business, which will be used to manufacture environmentally friendly recycled plastic products, such as picture frames, baseboards and flooring, and then sell them around the world.

We are committed to Styrofoam recycling worldwide and are happy to assist anyone who wants to recycle foam.