{"id":26662,"date":"2021-06-28T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/php8.plastv.de\/?p=26662"},"modified":"2021-06-28T14:45:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:45:45","slug":"life-cycle-analysis-of-food-quality-polystyrene-recycling-options-confirms-significant-co2-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/?p=26662","title":{"rendered":"Life Cycle Analysis of food-quality polystyrene recycling options confirms significant CO2 savings"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span><\/span>\u2022<\/span>LCA <\/span>shows <\/span>significant improvement of CO<\/span>2 <\/span>footprint <\/span>with <\/span>high purity <\/span>mechanical recycling<\/span>, <\/span>dissolution and depolymerisation <\/span>technologies for <\/span>polystyrene<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>Further upside potential <\/span>identified<\/span>with scale<\/span>–<\/span>up production in industry <\/span>setting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Styrenics Circular Solutions <\/span><\/span>(SCS)<\/span>, the <\/span>value <\/span>chain <\/span>initiative to increase the <\/span>circularity of styrenic polymers, has <\/span>unveiled the <\/span>results of a <\/span>comprehensive life cycle analysis <\/span>(LCA) <\/span>for polystyrene<\/span>. <\/span>It shows <\/span>excellent <\/span>results for <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>three <\/span>innovative <\/span>recycling processes <\/span>h<\/span>igh purity mechanical <\/span>recycling, <\/span>d<\/span>issolution and <\/span>d<\/span>epolymerisation <\/span>compared <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>end<\/span>–<\/span>of<\/span>–<\/span>life option <\/span>incineration <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>production of virgin <\/span>polystyrene<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>LCA <\/span>f<\/span>ocus<\/span>ed <\/span>on <\/span>closed <\/span>loop <\/span>recycling routes <\/span>back to food contact quality<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u2022<\/span>High purity mechanical recycling <\/span>of <\/span>polystyrene <\/span>feed stock <\/span>from separate <\/span>collection <\/span>saves <\/span>approx. 8<\/span>0% <\/span>of <\/span>CO<\/span>2 <\/span>emissions <\/span>c<\/span>ompared to incineration <\/span>and <\/span>conventional <\/span>production <\/span>of virgin <\/span>polystyrene<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>D<\/span>issolution technology exhibits <\/span>75<\/span>% CO<\/span>2<\/span>emission savings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>D<\/span>epolymerisation <\/span>also saves app<\/span>rox<\/span>. 75% of CO<\/span>2<\/span>–<\/span>emissions<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Th<\/span>is <\/span>LCA <\/span>study <\/span>o<\/span>f <\/span>p<\/span>olystyrene was <\/span>performed <\/span>by the <\/span>leading <\/span>research institute <\/span>Neue Materialien Bayreuth <\/span>GmbH <\/span>(<\/span>NMB<\/span>)<\/span>. The <\/span>methodology <\/span>used by NMB <\/span>followed <\/span>the <\/span>pertinent <\/span>international standard<\/span>s <\/span>ISO<\/span>14040 \/ ISO 14044<\/span>. The <\/span>LCA <\/span>results <\/span>will be peer<\/span>–<\/span>reviewed. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr. <\/span>Thomas Neumeyer<\/span>, <\/span>Head of Division Polymers, <\/span>NMB, <\/span>and Regino Weber<\/span>, <\/span><\/span>Research Associate Division Polymers, <\/span><\/span>NMB, conducting the study, say: \u201cWe <\/span>used a<\/span>c onservative a<\/span>pproach to calculate the CO<\/span>2 <\/span>emissions from <\/span>p<\/span>olystyrene <\/span>recycling <\/span>yielding <\/span>food<\/span>–<\/span>quality products. Best practices from recently published <\/span><\/span>key LCA studies were considered, same as the know<\/span>–<\/span>h<\/span>ow of industry experts <\/span>globally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>full <\/span>results will be peer reviewed shortly and published later<\/span>–<\/span>on.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr. <\/span>Norbert Niessner<\/span>, <\/span>Global Head of R&D\/IP<\/span>at <\/span>INEOS Styrolution and Chair <\/span>of <\/span>Technologies <\/span>at <\/span>SCS<\/span> comments<\/span>: <\/span>\u201c<\/span>The ability to produce <\/span>circular <\/span>food<\/span>grade <\/span>PS <\/span>recyclate <\/span>with <\/span>all three major recycling <\/span>technologies <\/span>a<\/span>l<\/span>ready <\/span>makes PS stand out<\/span>. <\/span>And <\/span>now<\/span>,<\/span>this <\/span>also <\/span>comes at a significantly reduced CO<\/span>2 <\/span>footprint<\/span>. M<\/span>ore <\/span>upside <\/span>potential <\/span>is in close reach, <\/span>once the <\/span>innovative <\/span>recycling methods are scaled<\/span>–<\/span>up <\/span>further <\/span>and the announced commercial scale plants are employed<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Jens Kathmann<\/span>, <\/span>Secretary<\/span>–<\/span>General <\/span>of SCS<\/span>, <\/span>commented<\/span>: <\/span>\u201cWe now have <\/span>unambiguous, clear data that <\/span>polystyrene <\/span>is not only <\/span>excellently sortable <\/span>and <\/span>uniquely circular, <\/span>but <\/span>it <\/span>also comes with <\/span>a <\/span>significantly reduced carbon footprint <\/span>for <\/span>all three recycling routes we have been focusing on<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This adds <\/span>to <\/span>environmental <\/span>benefits <\/span>of<\/span>r<\/span>–<\/span>PS <\/span>processing as confirmed by our converter members. <\/span>T<\/span>hese <\/span>LCA <\/span>results clearly <\/span>underline <\/span>the <\/span>important place that polystyrene <\/span>has in <\/span>the <\/span>c<\/span>ircular <\/span>e<\/span>conomy, not only with its <\/span>closed loop food contact <\/span>recyclability, but also with <\/span>its <\/span>contribution to climate neutrality<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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