Thanks to a Recycling Infrastructure Grant from
Green Industries SA, we are now able to offer free polystyrene recycling at the Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre.
To recycle polystyrene:
- Remove all stickers and tape
- Keep it in one piece
- Choose white, clean, and dry materials
The polystyrene will be put through a Poly Baler machine, which heats and melts the expanded foam, allowing it to be formed into a solid brick. Bricks are recycled and repurposed into new products.
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Left: staff process polystyrene
through the Poly Baler machine
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What you CAN recycle
| What you CANNOT recycle
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- Clean, white and dry packaging
- Packaging from appliances
- Clean, white fruit and vegetable boxes
| - Wet or dirty materials
- Coloured polystyrene
- Food packaging like meat trays
- Tape or strapping
- Bean bag beans
- Foam peanut-shaped packaging
- Plastic or foam wrapping
- Labels or stickers
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Examples of acceptable polystyrene
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Examples of unacceptable polystyrene and foam
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