The German manufacturer and supplier, Heger, has a worldwide reputation for its solutions in the field of compactor systems for EPS, polystrene foam and dewatering. Now the company is launching their new series of products:

- The Tiger for EPS

- The Lion for polystrene foam

- The Crocodile for dewatering - it seperates out solid floating materials and residuel liquid from other waste materials.

The recycled items offer both economic and environmental advantage for both the user and society in general.

The Tiger and The Lion: Both polystrene foam and expanded polystrene are catagorised as problem waste due to their very high volume and low weight. EPS consists of 98 % air and 2 % polystrene. Polystrene foam can be compactet at a ratio of 50:1.

Many useful products are made from recycled EPS and polystrene foam. Recycling allows the material to be re-used, offering significant environmental advantage. The recycled material is compressed to form blocks that can be stacked on pallets before being collected by a recycler. In Norway, well over 10,000 tonnes of expanded polystrene is used every year, 50 % of this being for the fish industry. The rest generally goes for use as transport packaging protection for furniture and electronic goods, or insulation in buildings and the construction industry. Large volumes and low weight mean that there are considerable gains in terms of transport and the environment to be had from compacting EPS and polystrene foam on site.

The Crocodile: compresses waste quantities by seperating solid and liquid materials. In addition, residual liquid can be seperated from the waste. It is used in plastics production, dewatering of packaging such as plastic cups, Tetra Pak packaging, cans or PET bottles.