This month Agilyx, Portland’s only Styrofoam recycler, closed its polystyrene recycling service! A local resident said they often drive to the Agilyx plant in Tigard because there is no other place in the Portland area that can take it anymore. When she learned the area had no way After receiving the polystyrene waste again, she said she didn’t know what to do with the white waste.

Polystyrene is a difficult material to recycle. Agilyx has been using pyrolysis to achieve this goal, a chemical process involving high temperatures and low oxygen that partially separates waste from reusable materials. Yet a 2022 report from the Natural Resources Defense Council raised questions about the efficiency of polystyrene recycling, particularly Agilyx’s operations. The report believes that Agilyx did not recycle all the waste correctly during the recycling process, but instead incinerated some of the waste, so they are skeptical about this.

However, GREENMAX believes that it is not a clear way to stop recycling polystyrene waste in any case. We should actively think about using more appropriate ways to support polystyrene recycling activities in the region. If we can have a local recycling base, this It will be very convenient for polystyrene recycling. You can first arrange a polystyrene compactor on site to compress polystyrene waste. This is a simple mechanical recycling method. The whole process is simple and easy to operate, energy-saving and environmentally friendly. The waste is put into the polystyrene compactor to be crushed first, and then the waste is compressed to 1/50 of its original size using twin-screw extrusion technology. Compressed waste is easy to transport and has become a recycled material that many companies are rushing to buy.

In order to avoid the environmental pollution caused by burning polystyrene and the high incineration tax that needs to be paid, many companies are already using polystyrene compactor for compression. Not only the city's recycling centers, but also all walks of life that produce waste polystyrene, the polystyrene compactor has received high praise from everyone.