Polystyrene food packaging cannot be reused but can be recycled with polystyrene compactor
A recent survey shows that plastic packaging that is in direct contact with food cannot be reused, that is to say, we cannot reuse used food plastic packaging to hold food, which is considered unsafe The way of use will spread bacteria and affect the safety of food quality. Experts especially emphasized that in daily life, people often have such misunderstandings about the use of PET plastic bottles, and repeated use of plastic packaging is actually unprofessional and unsafe. Not only PET water bottles, but also polystyrene packaging. The European Union once had relevant laws and regulations that did not allow the reuse of polystyrene fish boxes containing fish.
The secondary use we mentioned here does not refer to recycling. Secondary use is not recommended, which refers to reusing these polystyrene food packaging without any treatment or simple self-processing, which will lead to the growth of bacteria. We It supports the thorough recycling and reuse of polystyrene. So what is thorough recycling and reuse of expanded polystyrene? Take the polystyrene fish box as an example, we can use polystyrene compactor, a device specially designed to reduce the volume of expanded polystyrene, to compress the fish box, and then use these polystyrene blocs to granulate, and then use these plastic particles to manufacture into various plastic particles. This is true recycling.
So is it necessary to use polystyrene compactor for volume reduction in the process from collection to granulation? There is no single answer to this question. Sometimes, the collection and granulation of polystyrene are not carried out by the same company, for example: a company engaged in fishing wants to sell the polystyrene fish boxes produced, but the company just wants to dispose of the huge white waste, He does not participate in the granulation process, so he needs to use polystyrene compactor to compress the waste first, and then sell these blocs to facilitate transportation and save transportation costs. The compression ratio of GREENMAX polystyrene compactor is 50:1, which basically meets the compression needs of customers.