INEOS Styrolution's new mechanical recycling PS will be used as food packaging material

The Sirap Group, a leader in sustainable solutions for food packaging, has announced that it will use INEOS Styrolution’s new mechanically recycled polystyrene (PS) regrind, taking advantage of the material’s excellent properties and easy foaming properties for new food products Packaging, such as XPS foam tray
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Cassie Bradley, Head of Circular Economy at INEOS Styrolution, said: "The fact that mechanical recycling of polystyrene has evolved over the years and chemical depolymerization recycling only started in the mid-twentieth century, these two recycling methods can be Complementary
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Market interest in polystyrene is increasing day by day, and growing demand for recycled materials is driving market investment and technological innovation
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We utilize multiple types of technologies to ensure the widest possible recycling of polystyrene in the most efficient way
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Two years ago, TOMRA teamed up with INEOS Styrolution, the world's leading supplier of styrene products, to explore advanced mechanical recycling solutions for polystyrene
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The post-consumer polystyrene will go through multiple steps such as pre-sorting, crushing, washing, drying and sheet sorting.
The sorting process adopts TOMRA's near-infrared sorting technology, and the final sorted polystyrene The purity is higher than 99.
9%
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This proves that the recovered polystyrene can reach a very high level of purity through advanced mechanical equipment and recycling processes
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In June 2021, INEOS Styrolution launched Styrolution® PS ECO 440, a new polystyrene recycled material.
The production process adopts TOMRA near-infrared sorting technology.
The product purity exceeds 99.
9%, and it is available in white and light gray
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Not only is the product 100% made from post-consumer polystyrene, but the new packaging made can also be recycled and recycled after being used by consumers, creating a true closed-loop cycle
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The introduction of Styrolution® PS ECO 440 once again proved the superiority of polystyrene in recycling
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It is suitable for a wide range of applications, including packaging in direct contact with food
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Jürgen Priesters, Senior Vice President Circular Economy at TOMRA, said: "Styrene polymers have unique physicochemical properties that can be easily and precisely sorted by near-infrared sorting technology, an advantage that some other polymers do not have
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