Suzanne Toumborou, CEO of the Australian Recycling Council, says the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in no progress in Australia's recycling capacity, despite significant government investment since the waste export ban was announced. She hopes that new applications will be launched in Australia this year to help people become aware of proper recycling and reduce unnecessary waste products going into landfills.

What kind of waste should not go into the landfill?Of course it's the waste materials that could have been 100% recycled! Polystyrene is a very typical recyclable material. This is because it is made up of 98% air and 2% actual plastic. Then when we squeeze out all the incoming air from it, the remaining plastic can be well recycled.The polystyrene recycling machine is based on this principle.

The polystyrene recycling machine uses advanced physical technology to crush and squeeze the polystyrene into much smaller pieces than the original. These blocks or ingots are very valuable and far more valuable than one might expect. These blocks or ingots, when pelletized, can be sold commercially rather than going into landfills where they will remain in the soil for 500 years or more.

Bruno Proonesti, branch manager of Cleanaway's 300ha Ravenhall Landfill Melbourne Regional Landfill, said more landfill passed through the site during last year's blockade. But when companies take the right measures, even a situation as unpredictable as COVID-19 can be dealt with. Let's see how the best companies do polystyrene recycling in Melbourne.

Melbourne Market in Epping is Australia's largest wholesale vegetable and fruit market. As its business is all about vegetables and fruit, it inevitably involves large quantities of polystyrene boxes for transport and storage. As time went on, more and more polystyrene boxes were being discarded and the Melbourne market was in a state of disarray. The company then sent the discarded polystyrene to a recycler who specialises in polystyrene.

The recycler was contracted to take the waste polystyrene packaging from the Melbourne market, and the sheer volume of packaging gradually overwhelmed the recycler. After market research and recommendations, the contractor chose a GREENMAX polystyrene recycling machine and has since improved the efficiency and quality of its output.

When there is a foolproof solution, such as having advanced polystyrene equipment, we will not be afraid of special cases like COVID-19. When there is a foolproof solution, such as having advanced polystyrene equipment, we will not be afraid of special cases like COVID-19. When we do a good job of recycling polystyrene in Melbourne, we can also do a good job of recycling other waste products, in other countries and regions.