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Expanded PolyStyrene SUstainable REcycling: From EPS waste to food contact PS final market

European Commission LIFE public database

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June 30, 2020

European Commission LIFE public database
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https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=6184#:~:text=Some%20335%20000%20tonnes%20of,in%20northern%20countries%20as%20Denmark).

Expanded PolyStyrene SUstainable REcycling: From EPS waste to food contact PS final market

Key finding

80%

of expanded polystyrene

is recycled in Denmark. While technically recyclable, EPS is in many contexts not economically viable to sort and recycle. Th recycling program in Denmark is not only successful, but an exception to the rule.

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