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Research report

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

Organisation:

European Commission LIFE public database

Person:

Date:

June 30, 2020

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).

Findings from this report

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.

European Commission LIFE public database

Europe

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