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A new step toward circular EPS emerges from Northern Norway. Vestvågøy Asvo—a social enterprise offering meaningful work opportunities—has begun compressing EPS foam using funding from Grønt Punkt Norge. The initiative strengthens local recycling capacity and expands collection beyond urban centers to include communities and businesses in the region. Introducing a Local Compression Hub Vestvågøy Asvo,

Norway’s first inter‑municipal EPS recycling solution has been launched by IVAR IKS under Norsirk’s producer responsibility scheme. By deploying a densifier locally, the waste company enables source-separated EPS collection across its service area—creating regional infrastructure for lightweight packaging recovery. System introduction IVAR IKS, responsible for waste management in several municipalities, installed an EPS densifier to

In the Danish town of Outrup, fish processor Norlax A/S has shown how structured EPS recycling can deliver tangible financial returns. By installing a RUNI SK370 compactor, the company managed its growing volume of EPS fish boxes more efficiently—cutting transport costs, generating recyclate revenue, and ultimately financing a facility expansion in under two years. A

Norway has taken a proactive step toward circular EPS management by initiating two major pilot projects—one to collect, sort, and compress EPS into industrial-use streams, and another to deploy municipal recycling machines. Together, these pilots lay the groundwork for a robust, scalable EPS value-chain in Norway. Two Pilots, Complementary Objectives Led by Miljøstiftelsen ZERO and

In Skjern, Denmark, a regional recycling facility has proven that modest investments in EPS densification yield reliable results. Supported by EPS-branchen, the facility installed local compression equipment in late 2019—creating a new hub for Danish EPS waste from households, retailers, and municipal sites. System Overview Upon arrival at Skjern’s collection station, clean EPS foam is

At Kalundborg Rocker—a Danish music festival with roughly 8,000 guests and 700 volunteers—a new approach to EPS recovery delivered measurable results: 100% of EPS barrels used at the 2019 event were returned for reuse, thanks to a simple deposit model. The system worked without added complexity: a deposit of 35 DKK + VAT was charged

At the Amager Ressourcecenter (ARC) in Copenhagen, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste from residents and businesses no longer requires long-distance transport for processing. Instead, the material is compressed directly on-site — transforming a previously costly and low-density stream into a compact, market-ready resource. In 2019, ARC introduced a container-based densification unit equipped with a RUNI compactor

In May 2019, the towns of Brockton and Hanover in Ontario reinstated their polystyrene foam recycling programs after a two-year pause. The resumption was enabled by a $9,700 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition via the Foodservice Packaging Institute (waste360.com). This timely funding allowed each municipality to equip a local recycling depot with a Runi