Tag: Canada

In 2023, Montréal-based cleantech firm Polystyvert announced the construction of Canada’s first commercial-scale polystyrene (EPS) recycling plant, marking a major milestone in North American plastics recovery systems (polystyvert.com). Located near Montréal, the CA $40 million facility will process an estimated 9,000 tonnes per year of post-consumer and post-industrial polystyrene waste—equivalent to roughly 15% of Québec’s annual polystyrene

On 30 November 2021, the Government of Canada announced a CA $3.5 million investment via Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to support Montréal-based Polystyvert—backing its transition from demonstration to full commercial-scale polystyrene recycling (Canada). Polystyvert’s technology uses a solvent-based dissolution and purification system to separate EPS (and other polystyrene waste) from contaminants, then repolymerises it into

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

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is often misunderstood in public debate — seen as unrecyclable due to its low weight and high volume. But a detailed 2015 report from Divert Nova Scotia and Clean Foundation tells a different story. At the time of publication, several Canadian provinces had already established successful EPS collection and recycling systems: While