The polystyrene used in coffee cups, takeout containers, and packaging is rarely recycled. Littering is also easy, so it becomes garbage that flows from the irrigation canal to the coast. Birds, turtles, whales, and other animals mistake the polystyrene packaging for food when disassembled. At the same time, polystyrene is often used as a variety of decorative materials. After many exhibitions, there will be a large pile of polystyrene material boards left over. They were originally used to introduce the content of the event. After the exhibition, these boards have become garbage that no one cares about. What should we do in the face of polystyrene waste generated from various sources?



"Producing heat from polystyrene waste by burning it". Is incineration really reasonable? The main components of polystyrene are carbon and hydrogen. When completely burned, it becomes "carbon dioxide (CO2)" and "water (H2O)", and does not emit harmful gases such as dioxin. However, as with other materials, black smoke (soot) and carbon monoxide are generated when incomplete combustion occurs due to a lack of oxygen. It can be seen that incineration is definitely not a good way to deal with polystyrene waste. The landfill is the most traditional method, but unfortunately, polystyrene is difficult to degrade, so it will always occupy a limited amount of space in landfills and even flow into the ecosystem over time.



Why not consider recycling? In recent years, global awareness of environmental protection has been growing. The wholesale market, resource recyclers, home appliance industry, and distribution companies are working together to create a circular society that uses the earth's limited resources prudently, reduces the amount of waste produced, has a negligible impact on the environment, and is economically and environmentally balanced. To build a decarbonization and recycling society, it is necessary to reduce the input of new oil resources and recycle waste plastics, such as polystyrene.



Most polystyrene is made of a single material, so it is easy to separate, can be reduced by heating or compression, and has excellent recycling characteristics. Most polystyrene ends as a container or buffer material in wholesale markets, supermarkets, department stores, restaurants, electrical stores, and equipment manufacturer factories. INTCO Recycling, as a specialist in polystyrene recycling, is striving to put it into practice worldwide. INTCO Recycling reduces the amount of polystyrene waste that is wasted by either supplying GREENMAX polystyrene recycling machines to people in need around the world, or by sourcing scrap polystyrene. INTCO Recycling did it by building a full process system for recycling polystyrene.