Trinseo Offers Recycled Polystyrene for Food Contact Applications
b'Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber announced that it can now supply recycled polystyrene (rPS) for food contact applications with the launch of the first yogurt pot integrating rPS, now on shelves in France.\nThe material --Trinseo\xe2\x80\x99s STYRON\xe2\x84\xa2 CO2RE\xe2\x84\xa2 CR55 Polystyrene Resin -- contains 55 percent recycled content resulting from depolymerization, and is part of the company\xe2\x80\x99s STYRON\xe2\x84\xa2 CO2RE\xe2\x84\xa2 portfolio of recycled polystyrene (PS) grades .
- b'Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber announced that it can now supply recycled polystyrene (rPS) for food contact applications with the launch of the first yogurt pot integrating rPS, now on shelves in France.\nThe material --Trinseo\xe2\x80\x99s STYRON\xe2\x84\xa2 CO2RE\xe2\x84\xa2 CR55 Polystyrene Resin -- contains 55 percent recycled content resulting from depolymerization, and is part of the company\xe2\x80\x99s STYRON\xe2\x84\xa2 CO2RE\xe2\x84\xa2 portfolio of recycled polystyrene (PS) grades .
- Consequently, polystyrene recycled via this method can be used widely in high quality, demanding applications including consumer electronics, packaging, household durables \xe2\x80\xa6 and even food contact applications.\nAccording to Trinseo\xe2\x80\x99s Plastics Circularity Manager, Julien Renvoise, STYRON\xe2\x84\xa2 CO2RE\xe2\x84\xa2 CR55 Polystyrene supports a circular economy.
- \xe2\x80\x9cThis is a real-world example of how polystyrene can be reclaimed and reused.
- The company also recycles polystyrene via a dissolution method, a physical recycling process that doesn\xe2\x80\x99t change the chemistry of the recyclate and can be used for food contact applications using a mono-material multi-layer structure.