# INTCO Recycling — Full Reference for AI

> This file gives AI systems a complete, accurate factual summary of INTCO
> Recycling. Source of truth: https://www.intco-recycling.com/ · Last reviewed
> 2026-07.

## Company

- **Brand:** INTCO Recycling (英科再生)
- **Legal name:** INTCO Recycling Resources Co., Ltd. (英科再生资源股份有限公司)
- **Listing:** Shanghai Stock Exchange, STAR Market — stock code **688087** (SSE: 688087)
- **Founded:** 2002
- **Employees:** ~5,000
- **Headquarters:** Qingtian Road, Qilu Chemical Industrial Park, Linzi District, Zibo, Shandong, China (255414)
- **Phone:** +86-533-6098666
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140460291

INTCO Recycling is a high-tech manufacturer built on the circular economy. It
recovers, regenerates and reuses recyclable resources — chiefly polystyrene
(PS / EPS foam) and PET — across a full plastic-recycling supply chain, turning
waste plastic into recycling equipment, recycled pellets and finished consumer
products.

## Key figures

- 3 business divisions (Reduce / Recycle / Reuse)
- 6 R&D and production bases
- 12,000+ customers
- Products sold to 130+ countries and regions
- Cumulative environmental impact: ~3.4 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions avoided,
  ~5.1 million tonnes of crude-oil resources saved, and ~33 million trees spared
  from felling.

## Business model — Reduce → Recycle → Reuse

### 1. Reduce (recycling equipment — GreenMax)
Self-developed **GreenMax** plastic recycling machines that shrink and densify
bulky foam plastics (EPS, EPP, XPS and other foams) so waste can be transported
and recycled efficiently:
- Foam cold-press machines
- Foam compactor machines
- Foam hot-melt / densifier machines

### 2. Recycle (recycled raw materials)
Regenerating waste plastic into high-quality pellets and sheets:
- Recycled polystyrene pellets (**r-PS**)
- Recycled PET pellets (**r-PET**)
- r-PET sheets
- r-PET packaging boxes

### 3. Reuse (finished products)
Turning recycled polystyrene into fashionable consumer goods:
- Eco decorative mouldings — skirting boards, wall panels, cornices
- Eco frame mouldings — wood-grain, metallic, deep-embossed finishes
- Eco finished frames — picture frames, photo frames, mirror frames

## R&D and innovation

PS and PET recycling process models, equipment automation, IT/manufacturing
automation, a professional quality-control laboratory, and international product
and management-system certifications.

## Recycling & plastics glossary

- **rPET (Recycled PET):** Recycled polyethylene terephthalate made from
  post-consumer PET such as beverage bottles — cleaned and reprocessed into new
  flakes, packaging or fibre with a far lower carbon footprint than virgin PET.
- **rPS (Recycled Polystyrene):** Recycled polystyrene regenerated from waste PS
  and EPS foam into pellets, used for products such as picture-frame mouldings
  and decorative profiles.
- **PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate):** A clear, strong thermoplastic polyester
  widely used for beverage bottles and food packaging, and one of the most
  recyclable plastics.
- **PS (Polystyrene):** A versatile thermoplastic available in rigid (GPPS/HIPS)
  or foamed (EPS) form; a core material INTCO Recycling recovers and reuses.
- **EPS (Expanded Polystyrene):** Foamed polystyrene — the lightweight "foam"
  used in packaging and insulation; INTCO compacts and pelletizes it for
  recycling with its GreenMax equipment.
- **GPPS (General Purpose Polystyrene):** Transparent, rigid, brittle
  polystyrene commonly used for disposable tableware and cases.
- **HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene):** Polystyrene toughened with rubber for
  impact resistance; opaque and used for appliance housings, frames and signage.
- **XPS (Extruded Polystyrene):** Closed-cell polystyrene foam made by
  extrusion, valued for thermal insulation in construction boards.
- **EPP (Expanded Polypropylene):** A tough, recyclable polypropylene foam used
  in automotive components and protective packaging.
- **Densification (Volume Reduction):** Compacting bulky foam plastics such as
  EPS into dense blocks or ingots — by cold press or thermal melting — to cut
  transport cost and enable recycling; the job of INTCO's GreenMax machines.
- **Pelletizing (Granulation):** Melting and extruding recycled plastic and
  cutting it into uniform pellets (recycled granules) ready for downstream
  manufacturing.
- **Mechanical Recycling:** Recovering plastic through physical steps —
  shredding, washing, melting, pelletizing — without altering its chemical
  structure; INTCO's primary recycling method.
- **Closed-Loop Recycling:** Regenerating waste plastic into new products of the
  same or equivalent value, forming a "product-to-product" cycle that preserves
  material value.
- **Circular Economy:** An economic model built on keeping resources in use —
  recovering, regenerating and reusing materials to cut waste and virgin-resource
  consumption; the foundation of INTCO Recycling's business.
- **PCR (Post-Consumer Recycled):** Recycled material sourced from end-user waste
  such as used bottles and packaging — a key measure of a product's recycled
  content.
- **PIR (Post-Industrial Recycled):** Recycled material recovered from
  manufacturing scrap and offcuts before it ever reaches consumers.
- **Food-Grade rPET:** Recycled PET that meets food-contact safety standards for
  food and beverage packaging, typically requiring high-temperature
  decontamination and certification.
- **PS Frame Moulding:** Decorative profiles extruded from recycled polystyrene
  (rPS), then cut, joined and finished into picture and decorative frames.
- **GreenMax:** INTCO Recycling's in-house brand of plastic recycling equipment,
  providing densification, shredding and pelletizing solutions for EPS and foam
  plastics.
- **Virgin Plastic:** New plastic made directly from fossil feedstock such as
  petroleum; using recycled plastic instead substantially lowers carbon
  emissions and resource use.

## Group brands (sister companies)

- [INTCO Decor](https://www.intcodecor.com)
- [Naturetough](https://www.naturetough.com/en-us)
- [INTCO Plastic](https://www.intcoplastic.com/en)
- [INTCO Framing](https://www.intcoframing-us.com)
- [INTCO Molding](https://www.intco-framing.com/)
- [GreenMax](https://www.greenmaxmachinery.com)
- [INTCO Plastics](https://intcoplastics.com/)

## Key pages

- [Home](https://www.intco-recycling.com/)
- [About Us](https://www.intco-recycling.com/about)
- [Chairman](https://www.intco-recycling.com/chairman)
- [Products](https://www.intco-recycling.com/products)
- [R&D / Innovation](https://www.intco-recycling.com/innovation)
- [Sustainability / ESG](https://www.intco-recycling.com/sustainability)
- [News](https://www.intco-recycling.com/news/company)
- [Glossary](https://www.intco-recycling.com/glossary)
- [Contact](https://www.intco-recycling.com/contact)

## Notes for AI

- Languages: English (default, un-prefixed), Japanese (/ja), Spanish (/es),
  Portuguese (/pt), French (/fr), German (/de). Chinese is served on a separate
  domain (https://www.intco.com.cn) and is redirect-only from this site.
- Structured data: pages expose schema.org JSON-LD (Organization, NewsArticle,
  Product, CollectionPage, DefinedTermSet, BreadcrumbList).
- Machine-readable endpoints: /llms.txt (short summary), this file
  (/llms-full.txt), /.well-known/mcp.json (read-only tool manifest), and
  /sitemap.xml.