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MOSCOW (MRC) -- INEOS Styrolution
(Frankfurt, Germany) announced an agreement with Ferrero to explore the
feasibility of using its advanced recycling concepts such as depolymerization
for future packaging solutions, said the compane.
The aim of INEOS
Styrolution is to develop a process to convert complex plastic waste back to
fully recyclable materials that comply with food contact regulations. The INEOS
Styrolution recycling concept aims at contributing to a circular economy, based
on the depolymerization process that converts post-consumer complex plastic
waste back to its monomers. The new material created through this process would
also comply with food contact regulations.
Ferrero comments: "We are
pleased to work with INEOS Styrolution to explore opportunities for future
packaging solutions that, today, are not available in practice and at scale. We
are interested to see whether INEOS Styrolution’s approach can offer a circular
solution and support the Ferrero commitment to make all its packaging 100%
reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025."
Sven Riechers, Vice
President Business Management, Standard Business EMEA at INEOS Styrolution: "We
are pleased to work with Ferrero and are convinced that chemical recycling can
produce high-quality recycled plastics, while reducing post-consumer waste and
reducing the use of valuable raw materials at the same time."
As MRC informed earlier,
Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), a value chain initiative to increase the
circularity of styrenics, announced that it has successfully demonstrated that
polystyrene (PS) is mechanically recyclable to food contact
standards.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report,
Russia's estimated consumption of PS and styrene plastics totalled 362,820
tonnes in the first nine months of 2020, down by 1% year on year. September
total estimated PS consumption in Russia was 48,690 tonnes, up by 13% year on
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