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• Interviews with SCS President Nicolas Joly, Jürgen Priesters, SVP Circular Economy of Tomra, SCS Secretary General Jens Kathmann and Anabela Ferreria, Co-owner and Executive Board Member of Intraplás

• Step-by-step demonstration of high purity mechanical recycling

• COEXPAN, Elix Polymers, Exiba, Greiner Packaging and Tomra join SCS as new members

• SCS members to initiate evaluation of Pyrowave plastic-to-plastic chemical recycling technology

• SCS members plan commercial scale polystyrene chemical recycling plant with Agilyx in Europe

• SCS roadmap to create a market pull for recycled polystyrene

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April 2020

Dear valued reader,

Welcome to the first edition of the Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) newsletter. This update, which will be published quarterly, is intended to keep you up-to-date with the activities of SCS in our drive to fulfil the unique circularity of styrenics, even to food contact.

The newsletter will keep you informed of our initiatives and projects, as well as articles, videos and news items.

We hope you find it useful and we welcome your feedback and suggestions.

Kind regards,

Your Styrenics Circular Solutions team

Welcometo the first edition of the SCS Newsletter

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Latest stories

02 Jens Kathmann of SCS interviewed in City AM on the unique recyclability of styrenics

“The potential for recycling of styrenics recycling is enormous. That has previously not been widely understood.” Jens Kathmann’s interview with City AM: “Polystyrene – the turnaround from misperception to circularity success”.

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03 Excellent high purity recyclability of polystyrene – step-by-step demonstration of mechanical recycling

Due to polystyrene’s low diffusion properties, purity levels of 99.9% and more of the polystyrene recyclate can be achieved. These enable the use of the high purity PS recyclate in high quality applications, eventually targeting food contact.

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01 An interview with Nicolas Joly of SCS

“Polystyrene is one of the best examples of how you can get the new economy circular and that is because of the inherent advantage it has in its polymer.” SCS President Nicolas Joly discusses the unique capacity of styrenics for recyclability, even for food contact.

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07 Sustainable Plastics interviews: Jürgen Priesters of Tomra

“Polystyrene is a natural for recycling. It is highly sortable and washable. Recycled polystyrene can achieve 99.9% plus purity, enabling food contact.” Jürgen Priesters, SVP Circular Economy, Tomra, discusses polystyrene’s recyclability from a sorting perspective.

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04 Greiner Packaging becomes SCS member

“We are so pleased to welcome Greiner Packaging, a company strongly committed to the circular economy.” – Jens Kathmann welcomes Greiner Packaging.

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06 SCS members to initiate evaluation of Pyrowave plastic-to-plastic chemical recycling technology

SCS announced a new collaboration with Pyrowave, a pioneer technology developer in the plastic-to-plastic chemical recycling. The project will include an in-depth evaluation of Pyrowave’s proprietary depolymerisation technology.

05 Anabela Ferreria of Intraplás: Convertors are ready to use recycled polystyrene as soon as it is ready

An interview with Anabela Ferreira, Co-owner and Executive Board Member, Intraplás, who explains that her company stands ready to use recycled polystyrene immediately.

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10 SCS roadmap to create a market pull for recycled polystyrene

SCS Secretary General Jens Kathman discuss SCS strategy to create a market pull.

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09 SCS members plan commercial scale polystyrene chemical recycling plant with Agilyx in Europe

SCS members Trinseo and INEOS Styrolution announced a collaboration with Agilyx to advance the first-of-a-kind polystyrene chemical recycling facility in Europe.

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08 Tomra joins SCS

Styrenics Circular Solutions has been joined by new member TOMRA, a recognised technology leader in collection and recycling of plastic packaging.

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11 ELIX Polymers joins SCS

ELIX Polymers, a leading European manufacturer of ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Styrene) resins and derivatives, became a new member of SCS.

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12 SCS welcome COEXPAN as a new member

COEXPAN, part of a leading international player in integral packaging and printing solutions for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and industrial sectors, became a new member of SCS.

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13 Exiba joins SCS

European Extruded Polystyrene Insulation Board Association (Exiba), the organization of producers of extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), joins the SCS team.

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