Fraser Coast Regional Queensland Australia Councilor David Lee said the amount of polystyrene recycled in the region had more than doubled in the last financial year. This is very good news, more polystyrene being recycled means more and more Less polystyrene is landfilled, less and less land resources are polluted, and environmental pollution will also become less. "In 2021/22, Fraser Coast residents recycled 21 tonnes of polystyrene; that's waste polystyrene was diverted from landfill," Mr Lee said. We save this "white pollution" from landfill and turn it into something valuable.

Polystyrene can be taken to the recycling shed at Council’s Nikenbah transfer station and the Maryborough landfill. It should not be placed in the yellow lid recycling bins that are collected from in front of your house. In the process of recycling these polystyrenes, a recycling device similar to polystyrene densifiers was used in the area. The purpose is to reduce the volume of huge polystyrenes so that they can be easily transported to the destination for reuse. The compression ratio of GREENMAX polystyrene densifier is 90:1, which can break the larger polystyrene into small pieces first, and the volume of polystyrene has been reduced a lot in this step. But 98% of this material is air, and it is not enough to reduce the volume by crushing. We need to squeeze out the air inside. The polystyrene densifier discharges the air by melting the waste. And this treatment method can better discharge the air in the material, and the compression ratio is higher than that of simple screw extrusion.

Because of the higher compression ratio, more energy can be saved during transportation. According to the person in charge of the area, the compressed polystyrene has been reused and made into plastic products such as photo frames. The region has made a remarkable contribution to reducing carbon emissions. In the last financial year more than 100,000 tonnes of material was diverted from Fraser Coast landfill for recycling and reuse, he said. This is also what GREENMAX is doing. We not only provide polystyrene densifier, but also work hard to build a polystyrene recycling system to utilize waste polystyrene to manufacture new plastic products such as mirror frames, photo frames, and picture frames. In the entire polystyrene recycling system, one ton of recycled plastic reduces 2 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, saves 3 tons of crude oil, and produces one box (30 kg) of frame strips to reduce the felling of two trees. If you are interested in GREENMAX polystyrene densifier and polystyrene recycling system, please contact us!