Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Industry Advances Sustainability with $185M Investment in Recycled Content Resin Technologies

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) resin producers in North America have collectively invested more than $185M in technologies for recycled content EPS feedstock, advancing sustainability in many sectors. Leading resin producers RAPAC, Epsilyte, Styropek, Nexkemia and BASF have all developed proprietary formulas that will allow EPS fabricators to incorporate ≥30% recycled content in the manufacturing of many applications. Seventy-nine million pounds of online capacity is already serving North American markets, with projections for an additional 150 million pounds of capacity. Three of the resin producer’s recycled content products are third-party certified and…

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