The TP Styrofoam® Recycling Machines are built in the UK and were designed to remedy the waste problem aboard ocean vessels.  As you may know or can imagine, ocean liners and cargo ships generate a huge amounts of waste.  After 2 years of R&D, the TP Series of recycling machines were created and introduced to shipping industry in February of 2005.  The engineering is genius.  To learn how it works, click here.

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1. 1.  Load uncleaned styrofoam waste into the TP Machine.
   

2. 2.  Press the button to begin the reduction process.
   

3. 3.  Then wait as cubic yards of waste become cubic inches and remove sterile densified briquette. graphs
   

These machines are not just good for the shipping industry but for the entire planet.  Why ban styrofoam® when you can recycle it. 

The TP Machine from Team Peace International melts polystyrene to form a dense block of material that is reduced in volume by over 95% of the original material. This is a 20:1 reduction in the bulk of your waste material. The polystyrene does not need cleaning and the resulting block is odorless and sterile.  The block can be stored or sold to recycling companies.

The condensed briquettes are sterile, easy to handle and can be stored indefinitely. This means that several loads can be put through the machine over time until sufficient quantities have been produced for either sale or disposal.

The Future

There should not have to be a choice made between the environment and fresh food or the environment and electricity.  New methods of finding clean energy are not futuristic dreams.

The byproduct from the TP Machine Series can be used as a clean burning fuel today.  We take garbage and change it into a fuel alternative.  The thermally compacted briquettes can be sold to a variety of outlets for incineration (or energy recovery).  The reason for this demand is that incineration of polystyrene generates large quantities of usable energy - approximately 16,000 BTUs/pound, which is twice that of coal! The briquette also burns far cleaner with no toxic emissions that result from burning Styrofoam®.  Already in Europe and Australia the briquettes are used in steel production, as companies look to reduce coal use.

There is an emerging market for blocks for incineration, recycling and for the production of green diesel.  Recyclate value of blocks is based on oil price and is currently $200- $300 per ton based on density. 

If we think differently new solutions can be had.  Using the TP Machines closes the loop of fuel to Polystyrene and back to fuel.