Globally, EPS (expanded polystyrene) recycling still faces a significant gap. In the United States, the recycling rate is only about 15%, and according to the Global EPS Sustainability Alliance (GESA), many countries remain below 30%, meaning most EPS packaging and insulation is still landfilled or incinerated instead of being reused. While leaders like South Korea (88%), Taiwan (83%), and Japan (68%) show what’s possible, the reality is that EPS remains far from fully circular—and stronger local collection, densification, and recycling programs are urgently needed.
Actually, what benefits are brought when waste EPS are landliffed or burned? People only see the temporary benefits at present that the working site is tidy and clean, the warehouse is in good “5s”, but they ignore the environmental hazards of landfill as EPS contains carcinogenic chemicals like benzene and styrene which is not recycled and degradable.
If you are throwing away your waste EPS for landfill of burning, you may missed a great opportunity to make money. Come to find INTCO Recycling and GREENMAX and we can give you what you really need.
GREENMAX is trade mark of recycling machine produced by INTCO Recycling, aiming to be an EPS Recycling Specialist. With over 15 years’ accumulative innovation, GREENMAX now researches and produces foam densifier and foam pelletizing machines.
INTCO Recycling guarantees to purchase back your EPS blocks, such as cold-compressed blocks, hot-melted ingots and recycled PS pellets, which are the major material for picture frames and decorative moldings manufactured in China. Every year, INTCO Recycling recycles about 60,000 tons of EPS waste, which makes INTCO Recycling become one of the world’s largest end-users of EPS waste.