Marko blanks from recycled EPS

General Discussion
1

I was visiting a friend's shop today and he showed me one of Marko's recycled EPS foam blanks.  It looked tight, well fused, and clean. 

I've heard all along that EPS could be recycled but this is the first I've heard of a blank being molded from recycled EPS. 

Good on you guys!

 

2

I’ve heard nothing about it, but it sounds like at least somebody in the industry is moving in the right direction.

Are you sure it’s, “recycled” and not “recycleable?”

3

Most EPS suppliers here in OZ will take back your scrap foam for recycling, if you have it bagged and ready when the truck arrives.

4

I've seen these.  They look nice.

5

check this out JM !!.....................styromelt.com

6

The percent of recycled foam in these blanks must be low so
the collapsed beads will not show much in the finished product.
When i was in th biz we recycled up to 10% scrap in the product
if the customer didn’t care about the cosmetics. If you could sell
blanks with colapsed beads that would be filled on the finished
shape at 10% scrap, that would be a truely great recycled product.

I’m waiting for someone to offer a new board discount for a true “scrap” eps
board trade-in program!

7

Sounds like recyled EPS would be good as core material for compsand.................if the wieght was right.

8

http://www.markofoamblanks.com/surf-green/envirofoam-core/

What surprised me about the blank I saw was that it appeared to be tightly fused with consistent bead formation.  I saw no signs of scrap or debris in the foam structure but I didn't actually see the inside during shaping process.

9

Almost all EPS blowers offer ''virgin'' or ''non-virgin'' foam, and most of them will also accept clean waste to re-grind and add in a percentage to new product, producing the ''non-virgin''. Good on Marko for offering their customers the choice.

10

Good idea, for anything but surfboards.  For instance the other 99% of the EPS market.

Dow got some kind of enviromental award about ten years ago.  One of those The-emperor-is naked types pointed out just how little of their capacity they actually chose to recycle.

Sickdog