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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY RECYCLES POLYSTYRENE

Patent Pending technology eliminates polystyrene, Styrofoam(tm), from waste stream

Ridgefield, NJ (April 2, 2008) - Historically, clean post-industrial and consumer packaging made of encapsulated polystyrene (EPS) was not recycled because of the low cost/benefit ratio of the available processes.  Some municipalities are dealing with the problem by banning polystyrene from their towns.  Typically, equipment designed to handle EPS was either too expensive or so large and cumbersome that it wasn't feasible for most companies or municipal recycling programs but new technology now makes it recyclable.

A New Jersey based company, RecycleTech Inc. has changed that by creating a line of polystyrene processing equipment with a 4'x4' footprint.  The machines use heat to reduce the size of the material by 90%, melting and compressing it into a solid plastic ingot.  This ingot is then used as the raw material for other plastic products such as picture frames or CD jewel cases.  “This process eliminates polystyrene from the waste stream,” says company president Daniel Chung.

Pictured: Small machine with 4' x 4' foot print

If companies and government were to consider polystyrene recycling in lieu of a  ban, they would be in good company.  In 2004, Polk County Florida established a polystyrene recycling facility to save landfill space. To date, officials claim companies that diverted their polystyrene to the recycling facility saved over $280,000 in disposal, transportation and labor costs while recycling over 1.2 million pounds. (Orlando Sentinel, September 9, 2007)

Pictured: Larger XT500 Machine

Officials of the Pasco County School District in Florida are considering the equipment to recycle the thousands of foam trays used there each day.  It seems that RecycleTech is filling a niche for progressive communities of all kinds who desire to save landfill space, money and the environment.

RecycleTech was formed in 2005 to address the issue of polystyrene recycling through technology.  Headquartered in Ridgefield New Jersey, the company's patent pending line of equipment processes polystyrene and other plastics into a condensed recyclable form.  With customers and plants in the US, China and Japan, RecycleTech has become the leader in its field. www.recycletechno.com

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