The issue of plastic pollution has always been a matter of high global concern and a topic that often attracts differences of opinion. Foam is a very common plastic. Should this material be applied and produced on a large scale? Personally, I think the shortcomings of foam are completely insignificant in the face of the value it brings to people. Some people oppose the use of foam simply because they feel that this material cannot be recycled or is difficult to recycle. The advent of foam recycling technology has long shattered this outdated view!

 

Plastic foam has brought so many benefits to people, especially some foam containers. GREENMAX today learned that a bill on plastics was introduced last Thursday, led by California Sen. Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), that does not advocate for a ban on polystyrene foam as in the past. Instead, it calls for increasing the polystyrene foam recycling rate to 20% by 2025.

According to the EPA, just 3.6% of polystyrene foam in packaging is recycled. Therefore, the recycling potential of all kinds of foam, including polystyrene foam, is great. The initiative — known as the California Recycling and Plastic Pollution Reduction Act — would require all single-use plastic packaging and food ware used in California to be recyclable, reusable, refillable or compostable by 2030, and single-use plastic production to be reduced by 25% by 2030.

This is completely consistent with GREENMAX's concept of dealing with waste foam. Blindly banning the use of foam is absurd, which not only makes some foam manufacturers face bottlenecks in their careers, but also makes some other industries that rely on foam face huge challenges. This is one of the reasons why GREENMAX designs and manufactures foam recycling equipment. Using the foam compactor can be a good start to recycling foam.

Because most foams are bulky and difficult to transport and store, this is also the main reason for the low recycling rate of foams in California and even in the United States. People think that the density of this material is extremely low, so the recycling value is also low. Actually, this is a very wrong view. The advent of the foam compactor has solved the problem of difficult recycling caused by the huge waste foam.

GREENMAX foam recycling equipment mainly includes Apolo Serie and Zeus Serie, both of which have a compression ratio of 50:1. The foam is crushed and compressed into dense blocks, which greatly reduces the volume of waste and solves the problem. The difference is that the Apolo Serie foam compactor is mainly suitable for processing EPS foam and XPS foam. For foams that are difficult to compress such as EPE foam and EPP foam, we recommend Zeus Serie foam compactor. The hot melt ring at the outlet can compress the waste more firmly.

 

GREENMAX foam recycling equipment has advanced technical support and after-sales service, which can efficiently help achieve the 2030 plastic foam recycling goal!