Recently, recycling company Overlooked Materials launched a new expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling program in Chattanooga, Tennessee, creating an easier way for households to return foam packaging waste through dedicated collection bags and regular pickup routes. The collected EPS is transported to specialized facilities where it is compacted and prepared for reuse, helping to divert lightweight but high-volume plastic foam from landfills.
This community-based model significantly improves access to EPS recycling services and supports higher recovery rates, while also strengthening the supply of recycled polystyrene for use in insulation, protective packaging, and construction materials—key sectors in the growing circular plastics economy.
When it comes to EPS waste recycling, EPS recycling machines are vital to recycle EPS. When EPS recycling machines were not yet popular, waste EPS could only be disposed of by traditional landfill methods or incineration. So incineration produces harmful gases that pollute the air, landfill EPS in the soil is difficult to degrade, taking up valuable land resources for hundreds of years. Advanced EPS recycling machine can turn these EPS that should go to landfill into a treasure. After two key steps of crushing and compaction, the EPS becomes a high-density mass. These blocks are easier to transport than the previous EPS and can also be sold to PS particle manufacturers as raw material for PS particles.
GREENMAX EPS compactor is a typical recycling machine that reduces EPS to 1 in 50 of its original volume and is very green in the compression process. The multi-faceted design of the machine makes it easy to operate and safe enough. In addition, GREENMAX is able to customize the machine according to the customer’s specific needs, such as adding additional accessories: conveyor belts and silos. The conveyor belt with silo system allows to control the speed of loading and compaction in order to obtain the perfect EPS blocks, and with more than 1200 companies worldwide, GREENMAX is a very reliable brand.
As mentioned above, GREENMAX machines are equipped with advanced and reliable recycling capabilities and are designed to contribute to EPS recycling, actively meeting today’s sustainable development concepts.