Polystyrene can be circulated back to raw-material: MoPo project develops collection and reuse of the waste in Europe
Press release 16th September, 2020 The bulk of collected EPS and other polystyrene waste still ends up incinerated. VTT with its partners will explore in their two-year MoPo project how recycling of polystyrene could be substantially increased by reshaping its collection and handling. The goal is to convert waste into pure polystyrene or styrene monomers used in other plastics and chemicals.The global polystyrene market was worth some EUR 36 billion last year, and the market is expected to grow by 10 percent per year during the next few years. At the same time, there’s a need to reduce