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  1. Tony's Talk... Please don't shoot the Messenger

    For decades our Trade has been well served by a range of trays, cups and boxes made out of expanded polystyrene (EPS). They provide portion-controlled packaging with excellent levels of insulation at a reasonable cost.

    However, prompted by ‘Blue Planet’ and environmental pressures “the powers that be” across Europe have legislated to ban the use of EPS from April 2021 stating that it is ‘bad’ plastic that cannot easily be recycled. They have chosen to ignore the fact that EPS has a tremendous latent thermal capacity that could produce much energy once incinerated (probably because we have insufficient incinerators!).

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  2. The Truth about EPS - Did you know?

    The Truth about EPS - Did you know?

    The Truth about EPS - Did you know?...

    EPS is an efficient use ofnatural resources…

    It is a lightweight material containing mainly air and has a very low carbon footprint.

    EPS operates efficientlyand reduces waste…

    A key ingredient to manufacture EPS is steam, which is re-used many times meaning it is a low pollution process.

    The process of manufacturing EPS compared to other materials consumes less water and energy and does not produce waste.

    EPS accounts for only 0.1% of municipal solid waste in the UK.

    Styrene is used to manufacture EPS and occurs naturally in many products such as nuts, coffee beans, cinnamon and strawberries.

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