Posted by Phil Plotts on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Prices for virgin polystyrene, polyethylene and polypropylene resins in North American continue to increase. Prices have increased as much as 20% or more since the beginning of 2010. There has also been an increase in products made with recycled PE and PP content. These factors are helping to push up the prices for recycled PP and PE foam logs to very attractive levels. At the recent Plastic Recycling Conference in Austin, TX, we received as many requests from buyers looking for material sources as we did for recycling machinery. It is a good time to take a new look at your EPS, PE and PP foam wastes. The return on investment for a foam compactor may be significantly better than a year ago. We would be happy to assist you in your analysis and put you in touch with material buyers for updated material bids.
Posted by Jeff Knapp on Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Over 69 million pounds of EPS were recycled in 2008. In the past decade EPS has achieved an average recycling rate of 12%, one of the highest of the plastics family.
What is made from this recycled EPS?
More EPS (expandable polystyrene) in several different forms: packaging peanuts, shape molded and block molded
- Picture frames, door and window frames, coat hangers, park benches, flower pots, toys, rulers, stapler bodies, seedling containers, CD and DVD cases
- Mixed with concrete to produce new building products such as prefabricated concrete blocks.
- Co-mingled plastics products such as decking, lumber and interior trim.
- Mixed with soil and compost to promote aeration.
Let us help you in your efforts to recycle EPS and Styrofoam.
Posted by Phil Plotts on Mon, Feb 22, 2010
I want to let everyone know that we are exhibiting again this year at the Plastics Recycling Conference 2010 which will be held in Austin TX. The conference will take place on March 2nd and 3rd. The conference will include a tradeshow. We will have booth #304 and would love to have you stop in. The conference sponsors expect a great turnout again this year. There were a record number of exhibitors this year and all spaces have sold out. This primary focus of this conference is recycling, not solid waste management. This is one of the best conferences in North America to meet people interested in recycling plastics of all types.
Conference Highlights:
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Plastic Recycling Markets
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Latest Processing Technology
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International Developments
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Legislation Update
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Biopolymers and Recycling
We would like to meet anyone interested in discussing recycling of EPS and Styrofoam plastics as well as PE, Ethafoam, EPE and EPP foams. We are also interested in meeting anyone interested in purchasing these materials in a compressed or densified form.
You can get more information on the conference at Plastics Recycling Conference 2010