INEOS Styrolution and TOMRA introduce material made with mechanically recycled polystyrene

INEOS Styrolution, producer of styrenics, announces the availability of mechanically recycled polystyrene in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Production of the new Styrolution PS ECO 440 is based on TOMRA’s (Norwegian multinational collecting and sorting solutions company) sorting process delivering a polystyrene purity of more than 99.9%.

The new material is available in white and light grey, suitable for a wide range of applications including food contact.

INEOS claims that the Styrolution material is not only made from recycled material, it is also fully recyclable, and the suffix ‘MR100’ indicates that the material contains 100% post-consumer recycled content.

‘We will start production in EMEA with up to 1,000 tonnes in 2021, working very hard to grow volumes in line with our pledge to use on average 30% recycled content in products destined for polystyrene packaging in Europe by 2025,’ says Dr. Frank Eisenträger, Product Director PS EMEA at INEOS Styrolution.