08 Nov 2023 --- Expanded polystyrene (EPS) resin producers in North America are collectively investing more than US$185 million in technologies for recycled content EPS feedstock, advancing environmental sustainability for protective packaging. Resin producers Rapac, Epsilyte, Styropek, Nexkemia and BASF have developed proprietary formulas that will allow EPS fabricators to incorporate a minimum of 30% recycled content in the manufacturing of many applications. The EPS Industry Alliance (EPS-IA) will participate in the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) third session, INC-3, as an accredited observer and member organization of The Global EPS Sustainability Alliance (GESA), Betsy Bowers, executive director of the EPS-IA, tells Packaging Insights.
