Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. The team of chemical engineers, based at the University of Bath in the ...

Despite the best efforts of suppliers and industry groups, polystyrene is generally viewed as unrecyclable and therefore environmentally unfriendly. In fact, less than 5% of polystyrene from packaging ...

A team of chemical engineers based at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts are developing a technique for recycling polystyrene (PS) that ...

Ridgefield, N.J.-based RecycleTech Inc. has created a line of polystyrene processing equipment with a 4-foot-by-4-foot footprint, that, according to the company, helps to make the recycling of ...

Ineos Styrolution, a global specialist in styrenics, and Agilyx, a specialist in converting post-consumer plastics to low-carbon fuels, chemicals, and plastics, announced they are advancing the ...

GreenMantra and Ineos Styrolution have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA), which will align GreenMantra’s patented technology and Ineos Styrolution’s manufacturing infrastructure to convert ...

A new processing method can transform waste polystyrene — a common type of plastic — into valuable small molecules 1. Polystyrene makes up products ranging from foam egg cartons to compact-disc cases.