View Newsletter : July 2024
Newsletter Highlights:
- EPSA at INC-4:
– Key outcomes from the fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on global plastic pollution.
– Insights into production bans, extended producer responsibility, and chemicals of concern. - Global Expanded Sustainability Alliance:
– Recognition of EPS as recyclable in practice and at scale by the United Nations Environment Program.
– Efforts to counter misinformation and promote EPS recycling worldwide. - Styrocycle Network Growth:
– Expansion of the Styrocycle recycling initiative across the eastern seaboard.
– Plans to extend the network to Northern Tasmania and Western Australia.
– Education efforts through the Styrocycle website and social media. - New Website for EPS Waffle Pods:
– Launch of a new website dedicated to the benefits of EPS waffle pods.
– Addressing misconceptions about alternative void fill products.
– Promoting the cost-effectiveness, recyclability, and thermal efficiency of EPS waffle pods. - Product Stewardship Developments:
– Monitoring the Australian Packaging Covenant’s product stewardship strategy for EPS.
– Acknowledgment of EPS’s vital role in transporting white goods. - EPS in the News:
– Cyclonic testing success for EPS core structural panels in Darwin.
– Enhanced durability and resilience of Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) with EPS cores. - EPS Industry Win in UN Plastics Treaty Talks:
– Recognition of EPS transport packaging as successfully recycled “in practice, at scale.”
– Potential exemption of EPS from being listed as a problematic plastic application. - Case Study: EPS vs. Cardboard Coolers:
– Comparative life cycle analysis of EPS coolers and cardboard coolers.
– Findings on the environmental footprint and emissions of both types of boxes.
