Polystyrene processing and recycling
You know, I’ve written several posts about recycling polystyrene.
Polysytrene densification is the solution and there are various applications.
Recently I got wind of a seafood processing company that receives frozen fish in polystyrene containers and after processing, ships out fish in other polystyrene containers.
The densifier they bought handles 4,000 pounds of polystyrene weekly, compacting them into 40 pound ingots which are sold to a container company.
Polystyrene densification is a project where the feasibility is driven by sheer volume. I’m glad to see more and more companies tackling it as a part of their sustainability goals!
Polystyrene Recycling
Wal-Mart gets a lot of bad raps. Be the top dog and it’s inevitable. That said, a Wal-Mart branded Polystyrene recycling container recently appeared at my city’s recycling drop off facility. It appears the retail giant is stepping up and leveraging it’s scale to create demand for an otherwise non-recyclable material.
Undoubtedly they will backhaul the Recyclable polystyrene material to one of their DCs for economies of scale.
This is reminescent of Coca-Cola and PET, where it’s demand for recycled material in it’ s bottles spurred the PET recycling market. What’s truly impressive is that Wal-Mart appears to be moving beyond it’s loading dock and partnering with municipal recycling efforts. That’s a nice move. Well done Wal-Mart!
