With the advent of its Infinity TopSeal product, Seal Packaging purports to be a 100% recyclable mono-material. Klöckner Pentaplast, a materials manufacturing business, invented the EPP. Expanded polystyrene (EPS), the preferred material for creating takeout food trays and clamshell burger boxes for many years, can be replaced with EPP, a sustainable alternative.
The use of EPS foam packaging in the UK is controversial. In fact, EPS and EPP are both recyclable materials. GREENMAX's EPS recycling technology has become mature.

The reason why EPS is used as packaging or even food packaging is because it has multiple excellent properties. From the perspective of food foam packaging alone, the two most eye-catching points are its thermal insulation performance and the inertness of its chemical components.

As packaging for takeaway and fast food, EPS packaging and insulated boxes can ensure that the food does not become cold for a long period of time. For EPS foam packaging such as coffee cups, this kind of packaging can prevent overheated liquid from injuring people. scald. In addition, EPS foam packaging can ensure food safety. EPS packaging can be in direct contact with raw food or even cooked food, especially meat and seafood with high protein content. It will not chemically react with EPS because this material is chemically inactive.

On the one hand, the use of new materials including EPP does not mean that EPS cannot be recycled. On the other hand, the use of new materials does not mean that EPS foam can be replaced. EPS and EPP foam packaging are both popular materials. Because of different uses and needs, users will choose different materials for packaging. The use of these two materials is not limited to the catering industry.

Which machine can recycle EPS and EPP foam packaging at the same time?

It is not difficult to recycle EPS and EPP foam packaging at the same time. In GREENMAX equipment factory, you can find at least two types of equipment that can achieve this goal. Among them, foam screw compactor has a rising trend that cannot be ignored in recent years. The GREENMAX foam screw compactor Zeus series adds a unique hot-melt ring to make the EPP compressed more tightly. It has the same compression ratio as the foam screw compactor Apolo series. The advantage of the Zeus series is the surface hot-melt design, which solves the problem of EPP compression being not tight enough, and it is precisely because of this design that more and more people are beginning to believe that the foam screw compactor can also recycle EPP foam (not just hot melt technology can achieve this). If you are interested in this special design, please feel free to consult GREENMAX!