Statewide polystyrene ban passes in Maine
Maine lawmakers approved the first statewide prohibition on polystyrene foodservice packaging last week. The plastics industry quickly criticized the move....
Maine lawmakers approved the first statewide prohibition on polystyrene foodservice packaging last week. The plastics industry quickly criticized the move....
Pyrolysis company Agilyx signed a joint-venture deal with AmSty, a major producer of polystyrene and styrene monomer. Separately, Agilyx entered...
When it comes to chemical recycling techniques for scrap polystyrene, some companies break the plastic down into its component monomers,...
Two Canadian depolymerization startups recently signed significant deals to advance commercialization of their technologies. The first to be announced was...
Agilyx is already processing scrap PS into a feedstock for prime plastics production. Now, the Oregon company says it can...
Canada's largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort...
A Canadian company that recycle EPS via a dissolution process has raised millions of dollars to help it scale up....
Stakeholders are getting closer to building a facility to recycle PS foam building insulation containing flame retardants. The PolyStyreneLoop project...
Global petrochemicals company Total has partnered with a startup that dissolves and recovers EPS for recycling. Officials from both companies...
California officials will slow their process of crafting mandatory recycling rules for plastic packaging, citing upheavals caused by China’s import...
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