Trinseo Announces Offtake Recycled Styrene Agreement with Indaver

Recently, Trinseo signed a ten-year off-take agreement with Indaver, a leading European sustainable waste recycler
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The Indaver plant is scheduled to start in 2023
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Under the terms of the agreement, Trinseo will purchase at least 50 percent of the recycled styrene produced by Indaver within 10 years of the plant's start-up
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Indaver will collect post-consumer polystyrene (PS), such as yogurt jars and single-use packaging, using a consistent waste collection process, and recover and produce recycled styrene using proprietary depolymerization technology at its facility in Antwerp, Belgium
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The reconstituted styrene produced will be sent to Trinseo's nearby plant in Tessendello, Belgium, where it will be used to manufacture recycled PS resin for dairy packaging and other applications
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Both recycled styrene and recycled PS products will receive ISCC Plus mass balance certification
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The properties of recycled PS are exactly the same as PS made from virgin fossil-based materials
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PS's simple chemical structure enables infinite looping and is ideal for food packaging due to its excellent purity
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Trinseo launched a recycled PS product for food contact applications earlier this year: STYRON™ CO2RE™ CR55 PS resin
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This particular product has been supplied to a leading European yogurt brand for the production of the first yoghurt jars made from food-contact compliant PS recycled material, which will be launched in France in May 2021
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Trinseo actively collaborates with like-minded customers, suppliers and stakeholders to create innovative circular solutions
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Trinseo firmly believes that recycling is the future, and is committed to making its own contribution to building a circular economy
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Indaver is equally committed to a circular economy, looking to create value from waste and focusing on ensuring the high quality of recycled products by eliminating impurities
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Over the past 10 years, Indaver has become an expert in ensuring that its final products meet high quality specifications through innovative chemical processes
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Both companies are committed to making their own contribution to the realization of a circular economy through technological innovation, and have been exploring mutually beneficial cooperation models for the past three years
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