Believe it or not, the insulation in your walls and floors, the container which keeps your take-away lunch warm during your break, the to-go coffee cup you grab when you’re in a rush before work, the shower head that helps you take your most refreshing showers and the DVD case of your most beloved movie are all made from the same thing, a petrol-based plastic polymer named Polystyrene. The material is extremely versatile because it can be blow molded, extruded or injected, depending on the way the finished product will be used. However, if not disposed of properly, Polystyrene and EPS waste can create real problems, and not just for the environment. Find out all the benefits that can come from recycling Polystyrene and see how you can get in on the recycling action with PolyMelt before you’re buried to your neck in EPS.
Polystyrene peanuts are a great material to be used for insulation in the packaging of various objects like pieces of furniture, electronics, mirrors, windows and more. However, once the products are delivered and taken out of their packaging, the peanuts become useless and are usually thrown out with the regular garbage and taken to the local dump or landfill. Moreover, companies which have a lot of EPS waste have to pay a fee to have the waste removed from their property and taken away to the local dump. Add to this the fact that Polystyrene products are extremely bulky because they’re mostly comprised of air and have a very low density, and you’ll see that companies that produce large quantities of EPS waste have to pay a fair to large amount to have it taken care of.
On the other hand, if your business produces a lot of EPS waste and you’re willing to entertain the prospect of recycling Polystyrene, you’ll be happy to know that there exist companies in Great Britain which specialize in recycling Polystyrene and which offer the service free of charge to businesses and enterprises. Depending on how much EPS waste your company actually generates, having it removed for free could save up enough money to throw a nice office Christmas party or much, much more.
When you send your company’s EPS waste to the local landfill, you are contributing to the increasingly serious problem of the lack of landfill space in the United Kingdom. It is speculated that, if dumping practices continue in the same verve, the UKs landfills will reach maximum capacity in less than ten years. More than 35 million cubic meters of EPS waste is sent to landfills across Great Britain each year, and if you’re not recycling Polystyrene, you’re only contributing to the problem.
On the other hand, if you were to take up the practice of recycling Polystyrene by working with a reliable company like PolyMelt you would be helping to correct the existing landfill problems. Recycled Polystyrene can be used in a variety of ways: to make new Polystyrene, clothing hangers, park benches, flower pots, toys, rulers, architectural moldings, movie sets and scenery, picture frames and so much more. And, PolyMelt can help you recycle your Polystyrene products at no cost and without putting you out of your way.
If you don’t know how to dispose of your EPS waste and Polystyrene quickly and easily, find out what the benefits of recycling Polystyrene are and how to get it done free of charge.