Polystyrene
California Senate Bill 54 requires expanded polystyrene products to have 25 percent recycled content starting Jan. 1.
Building products maker Carlisle said its purchase of the expanded polystyrene insulation business of Canada's Plasti-Fab will expand retail channels and lead to cost savings from Plasti-Fab's EPS resin making capability.
North American prices for PVC and polystyrene resins saw surprising increases in August, while analysts say there's "a lot of fixing going on" in the post-pandemic market.
Materials firm Trinseo is restarting the sales process for its styrenics business and changing strategy to include marketing individual assets and regional businesses included in that unit.
The North American polystyrene resin market is seeing volatility in 2023, the result of fluctuating benzene prices and a slumping economy. Prices were up in March, down in April, and may be up again in May, according to senior reporter Frank Esposito.
North American polystyrene and PVC prices continue to fall, DuPont reports on one successful and one failed M&A deal, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation notes that government action is needed to achieve ambitious voluntary plastic pollution reduction goals.
Some U.S. advocates call for a network of specialized sorting plants to address lower-value, hard-to-recycle plastic packaging. But one NGO that has studied the economics questions whether the idea will work.
Block-molded expanded polystyrene is being used as insulation in the roadbed of a stretch of Dalton Highway in Alaska.
The New York state appeals court upheld the New York City's right to ban expanded polystyrene.
Resin distributor Thornton && Co. has overhauled and expanded its management ranks to allow for future growth.
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