Since 1990, we successfully give XPLE foam remnants a second life. Thanks to our recycling process our partners worldwide save elimination costs and avoid environmental damage. Together, we make sure that no foam goes to waste. Let us give your foam remnants a purpose.
Years experience in foam recycling
Supplier of high quality foam residues
Sea containers foam yearly saved from incineration
Ready to give your foam residues a second life
Our long-term partners value our expertise and proactive approach in finding customized solutions for continuously providing their XPLE foam remnants a purpose.
Our XPE foam suppliers can rely on us for taking care of their residual foam. We are proud to say we are one of world's largest processors of XPLE foam remnants with over 35 years of expertise.
We value long-term partnerships, in which we can offer our mutual and ideal solution. It is a 'total care service' including collection solutions and unique processing of XPLE remnants.
Cooperate with usContact us to find out if your foam remnants suit our recycling process.
Together we determine how, when and where to collect your foam waste efficiently.
Save on elimination costs and prevent your foam remnants from ending up in landfills or incinerators.
We recycle your foam remnants and give it a purpose. All of the reworked XPLE foam is used in our high-end products.
Traditionally 100% of XPLE foam remnants ended up being incinerated or dumped in landfills. Thanks to our foam recycling process our partners world wide avoid environmental damage.
Together we make sure that 0% foam goes to waste.
Have a look at the circular approach we employ when we collect foam remnants. See how we transform foam scraps into a new raw material, which we then upcycle into high-quality and sustainable products that enhance sports fields and playgrounds. These products can be recycled again at the end of their life, thus completing the cycle.
XPLE foam is a high-volume product, making transportation costly. Since 1990, Schmitz has developed several unique methods to collect XPLE foam residues efficiently and cost-effectively.
Which solution suits you best? That depends on material thickness, density, quantity, scrap dimensions and previous treatments. The distance to our factory is important too.
Please contact us, together we find out which solution works best for you.
Depending upon the quantity of XPLE foam residues we offer several solutions:
In some cases, we can provide a shredder for your plant, making you part of the recycling process of your own residuals. We pick up the shredded foam and transport it to our own plant. In this way, transport costs are reduced significantly.
Are you wondering how we can process your XPLE foam residues? The main commodities we use for our high-end products are closed cell cross-linked XPLE and XPP foam. Depending on the quality, we can use other foam materials as well.