Foam Pollution is Becoming Increasingly Serious
Plastic recycling has become an increasingly important recycling sector, but from an environmental point of view, it is difficult to claim that it is a huge success story. In 2018, less than 9% of plastics from urban solid waste streams in the United States were recycled. Marine plastics and plastic shopping bags remain major challenges facing the world. And foam#6, as a kind of plastic causing white pollution, it is an unavoidable material in recycling.



Nowadays, there are two main attitudes towards foam, one is to actively look for advanced alternative materials, and the other is to recycle in an eco-friendly way. Whether you admit it or not, it is more realistic to use a recycling scheme such as foam densifier than to find a substitute for foam. 



Disadvantages of Only Waiting for R & D Results of Alternatives
The original intention of looking for substitutes is that foam cannot be degraded naturally, which has caused great pollution to the environment, and the research and development of substitutes can solve this problem. However, there are two unfavorable factors: first, the number of discarded foams every year is huge, reaching 3 / 4 of the production, and the R & D of alternatives must have a long cycle. It is obviously impossible to just wait for the results of R & D.

Secondly, as a new material, the cost of substitutes must be huge in the short term. Nowadays, the global economy is invaded by covid-19, and it is obvious that companies cannot afford such a huge cost. Therefore, compared with the recovery scheme of foam densifier, the alternative is obviously not the optimal solution.

Reasons for Recycling with Foam Densifier 
Why we are required to recycle foam by adapting a foam densifier conform to the trend of the times? That is because not only the problems encountered in waiting for alternatives to foam will be avoided here, but also the advantages of alternatives to foam can be achieved. 



The foam densifier now has a very mature recycling system. Companies such as GREENMAX have innovated and upgraded it many times and can be used without waiting for the technology to be updated again. In addition, behind it is a complete recycling system. The hot-melting technology of foam densifier connects the process of recycling, regeneration, and utilization so that foam can be turned into hot-melting ingots, put into granulation, and become a usable new material.