sunpor active for EPS recycling

During the event “RETHINKING PLASTICS – 10 Recipes for Sustainable Plastics” which was held on 10 September 2019 by the Austrian Chemical Industry Association, sunpor CEO Roman Eberstaller presented the “PolyStyreneLoop” project. The aim of this European initiative, in which 67 companies are participating alongside sunpor, is to achieve a sustainable and closed product cycle for polystyrene foams.

From 2020, a test plant in Terneuzen (NL) will be able to use the CreaSolv^® process to turn EPS waste into a raw material that can be reprocessed by manufacturers such as sunpor into high-quality EPS without any loss of quality. EPS is already a raw material that is valuable and that makes both environmental and economic sense. This recycling process makes it possible to further minimise the ecological footprint of EPS, while fully preserving all the resource-conserving properties of EPS’s.

In his presentation, Roman Eberstaller also called for a more objective and fact-based discussion when it comes to plastics, the environment and sustainability, as “green solutions” are not always ecologically sensible and feasible as they first appear.

sunpor is committed to the responsible use of resources and raw materials throughout the industry. Roman Eberstaller said that “sunpor already experimented with recycled materials back in the 1990s. With the know-how gained here, we subsequently went on to develop Lambdapor^®, sunpor-EPS with the highest level of insulating properties. The PolyStyreneLoop project means that new technologies can now be used that meet our high quality standards for sunpor-EPS. We are aware of our responsibility and the role our company plays in setting an example, which means we are committed to this sustainable and long-term solution across all industries.”