Styrofoam Recycling

Maybe you find yourself with plenty of Styrofoam after unpacking a new electronic or after using those infamous white Styrofoam coolers. Maybe you’re a manufacturer who goes through thousands of pieces of Styrofoam per week or a household who deals with it just once per year.

What’s your next step?

Styrofoam and other types of foam are in abundance all around us. They’re most commonly used to pack products and serve as insulation. While foam might help protect the things we ship, it’s important that once it’s out of the manufacturer’s hands and into ours, we take the responsible next steps. It’s because of this abundance that Gold Circuit E-Cycling decided to create a way for our customers to dispose of their Styrofoam in a way that’s easy and keeps our environment happy. Whether you’re recycling foam for your household, business, or municipalities, we’ve got a solution for you.

What’s our Solution?

We created Recycle Your Foam to transform EPS, XPS, and EPE foam into reusable options. EPS is Expanded Polystyrene foam, XPS is Extruded Polystyrene foam, and EPE is Expanded Polyethylene foam. All of these types of foams are used for packaging, insulation, and more. But once these foams have been used for their initial purpose, is that the end of their timeline? It doesn’t have to be.

The thing is, these foams include air, which gives it its notable lightweight feeling (and ability to float). These foams are made up of beads that are fused together and can easily be broken down through a two-step process we’ve perfected.

What we do

Our facilities provide a hot melt densifying solution. We transform these three types of foam to make it economically viable to ship to manufacturers. If left at a landfill, the foam will never go away. Because it is plastic, it does not decompose. Rather than adding to the growing issue of landfills filled with plastic, we encourage you to take time to educate yourself on your options. When you find yourself with foam, we’re here to assist you with it so that you know you’re making the responsible and environmentally-friendly choice.

Our two-step process consists of first crushing the foam and then applying a hot melt to form a solid, 55-pound block. This process removes the air and allows it the opportunity to be reused and accepted by manufacturers as they create new items with it.

What Next?

Once recycled, the materials can be used to create all new items. Some examples of things that can be created through recycled foam include picture frames, baseboard or ceiling molding, house or building insulation, and insulation board. Your Styrofoam can take on a new life and have new uses thanks to your environmentally-conscious choice.

Things to Note

While we’d love to be able to recycle each and every type of foam, we do have some criteria that we have to follow to ensure a smooth process. We are unable to accept packing peanuts, food containers, colors other than white, and foam that is dirty or contaminated.

We hope you can see how Styrofoam recycling is an accessible service to improve our environment and give you peace of mind knowing you made the responsible choice.

To learn more about our Styrofoam recycling efforts, visit our new, focused website here: https://www.recycleyourfoam.com/.

Have questions or want to talk with someone more in-depth about what this process looks like for your used Styrofoam that you’re ready to part with? Give us a call at 888-283-0007 or email us at info@goldcircuitecycling.com