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INEOS Styrolution introduces first post-consumer recycled Novodur® ECO specialty ABS solutions
New solutions target applications in the automotive and household industries[1] Novodur® ECO specialty ABS and Novodur® ECO High Heat grades from mechanically recycled post-consumer waste. INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced today the introduction of the first Novodur® ECO specialty ABS and Novodur® ECO High Heat grades being the result of mechanically recycled post-consumer waste. The new Novodur ECO solutions will contain up to 70 percent recycled material. The new Novodur ECO HH solutions will contain up to 40 percent recycled material. The new materials offer identical mechanical properties as their virgin equivalents making them drop-in solutions for application developers. The new Novodur ECO HH solutions offer a balanced…
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INEOS Styrolution presents first post-consumer recycled styrenics solutions for the automotive industry at PIAE in Mannheim, Germany
Exhibits include first applications based on post-consumer recycled specialty styrenics materials INEOS Styrolution to exhibit in booth 16 at PIAE INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, will present the latest styrenics based automotive applications at the “Plastics in Automotive Engineering Conference” in Mannheim, Germany, on September 8 and 9. Exhibits will include automotive interior and exterior applications – as well as the first tests with recycled specialty styrenics materials. Over the past years, INEOS Styrolution’s portfolio of specialty styrenics materials for the automotive industry has constantly grown. Today, the styrenics portfolio for the automotive industry includes specialty grades from the Novodur®, Novodur® High Heat, Luran® S and Terblend® product…
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INEOS Styrolution joins U.S. Plastics Pact to advance a circular economy for plastics
Global leader in styrenics adds its voice to the vision of achieving a sustainable future for plastics through innovative change and solutions. INEOS Styrolution, has joined the collaborative and ambitious U.S Plastics Pact, led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. INEOS Styrolution has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact in their support for collaborative, solution-driven initiatives intended to drive significant system change in the design, use, and reuse of plastics. The U.S. Plastic Pact unites cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.…
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INEOS Styrolution Joins Cyclyx as Founding Member
Cyclyx International, a consortium-based feedstock management company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic from 10% to 90%, announced that INEOS Styrolution, a global leader in styrenics, has joined the Cyclyx consortium as a founding member. Ricardo Cuetos, vice president, INEOS Styrolution America, will join the Cyclyx executive advisory board. INEOS Styrolution recently announced its global plastic pledge to move toward a more circular economy for plastic packaging. The company has developed a family of products made from recycled post-consumer plastic waste as well as materials based on renewable feedstock in an effort to fulfil its vision to be recognized as the global leader in sustainable styrenics…
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Sirap Selects Ineos Styrolution’s New Mechanically Recycled Polystyrene For Sustainable Packaging Solution
. Saving valuable post-consumer waste from landfill or incineration Introduction of a functional barrier to comply with food contact regulations INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, and Sirap Group, a leader in sustainable food packaging solutions, announced today to incorporate the new mechanically recycled Styrolution® PS ECO, a 100% recycled polystyrene, for new food packaging solutions. Sirap Group is a company with a track record for providing high quality and sustainable packaging solutions. Sirap will benefit from the excellent property profile of the mechanically recycled Styrolution PS ECO. Easy foaming properties allow the production of XPS foam packaging trays Franck Dumasdelage, General Manager France at Sirap Group, comments: “Sirap…
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INEOS Styrolution offers mechanically recycled polystyrene developed in close collaboration with TOMRA
New material starts shipping immediately Available for a broad range of applications including food contact Breakthrough solution for post-consumer material (PCR) INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced the availability of mechanically recycled polystyrene in EMEA. Production of the new “Styrolution® PS ECO 440” is based on TOMRA’s high-quality NIR[1] sorting process delivering a polystyrene purity of more than 99.9%. The new material is available in white and light grey. This new polystyrene solution is suitable across a wide range of applications including food contact. It will enable customers to address their respective sustainability goals and contribute to the development of a circular economy. Styrolution® PS ECO is not only…
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EU LIFE project ABSolutely Circula: Indaver and INEOS Styrolution announce production of first ABS with recycled styrene
Successful proof of concept for production of ABS from recycled feedstock Up to 30% reduction in greenhouse gas footprint The ABSolutely Circular project paves the way for a more sustainable production of ABS benefiting from advanced recycling technologies Indaver, a leader in sustainable waste management and INEOS Styrolution, global leader in styrenics, announced today the first production of “ABrS”, i.e. ABS[1] with the styrene component based on recycled feedstock. The production of ABrS is a significant milestone in the project, funded by the EU LIFE programme, the European Union’s funding instrument for the environment and resource efficiency. The first 10 kilogrammes of ABrS were produced at the INEOS Styrolution laboratory…
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INEOS Styrolution celebrates 90 years of polystyrene
. • Polystyrene serves society for 90 years, making it one of the first polymers deployed at commercial scale • Polystyrene is made for recycling, making it best suited for a circular economy and low-carbon economy INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, celebrates 90 years of polystyrene, a material that has significantly contributed to societal well-being for over almost a century. Polystyrene became one of the first commercially available polymers enabling a wide range of products that enhance our daily lives. Polystyrene is made for recycling, making it the material of choice for the future. The road to the production of polystyrene was paved in 1929 with the first…
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INEOS Styrolution delivers bio-based materials for nora by Interface rubber flooring
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announces today that nora by Interface, the commercial rubber flooring brand of Interface, has selected Styroflex® ECO 2G66 B60 to support the company’s efforts to lower the carbon footprint of its products as it endeavors to become a carbon negative enterprise by 2040. Marcela Villegas, Director Product Management Specialties EMEA at INEOS Styrolution, comments: “We are proud to work with nora systems. Our two companies share the same entrepreneurial spirit and the same passion for sustainable solutions.” Styroflex ECO is the recently introduced[1] extension to the Styroflex product line with materials based on bio-attributed styrenics. Styroflex ECO 2G66 B60 is a RSB[2] compliant…
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INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo progress plans for the first polystyrene recycling plant in Europe
. Future technology design to be based on Recycling Technologies’ depolymerisation solution A pilot plant will be built in the UK in 2022 INEOS Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo have announced today that they have reached a significant milestone in their plans to build commercial polystyrene (PS) recycling plants in Europe. Recycling Technologies has been selected as the technology partner. These three companies all share the same vision of making PS a circular material through depolymerisation. The unique properties of PS allow for full circularity where PS waste is returned to its chemical building blocks before being polymerised again. The recycled PS will have identical properties with virgin PS. Life cycle assessment…
