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Aarhus Collects 69 t of EPS, Saving 350 t CO₂
In early 2025, the Aarhus municipality reported that 69 tonnes of EPS (commonly known as “flamingo”) had been collected from its recycling…
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Helsingør Municipality continues to scale its household recycling performance — and for the first time, expanded polystyrene (EPS) is now formally…
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Nordic EPS Associations Establish NEPSA – Nordic EPS Alliance
Copenhagen, January 15, 2025 – The EPS associations in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have joined forces to form NEPSA – the…
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University of Manchester integrates EPS recycling into campus waste systems
In recent years, the University of Manchester has integrated expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling into its campus environmental services—formally acknowledging EPS as…
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Supreme Petrochem Launches Nationwide Thermocol Recycling Program
In late 2024, Supreme Petrochem Limited, India’s largest polystyrene supplier, initiated a comprehensive recycling program for thermocol (expanded polystyrene) packaging material.…
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UC College of Medicine launches laboratory EPS recycling pilot
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is launching a pilot program to recycle expanded polystyrene (EPS) waste from its research…
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Oxford pilots EPS recycling to power campus insulation
In late 2024, the University of Oxford’s Sustainability and FM Contracts teams launched a trial collecting expanded polystyrene (EPS) from the…
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North American EPS recycling reaches 31% in 2022, driven by B2B and drop-off systems
How hidden EPS systems are scaling recovery behind the scenesIn 2022, North American recyclers diverted a record 168.6 million pounds of…
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Denmark scales up EPS recycling with efficient compaction network
The story: EPS collection becomes compact and circularDenmark has rolled out a practical system to collect and process clean expanded polystyrene…
