EPS is a material with a lot of ecological benefits versus other comparable materials:
Raw material saving: 98 per cent air.
EPS molded parts contain 98 per cent air. Only the remaining two per cent consist of the neutral basic substance polystyrene, a pure hydrocarbon.
The eco-balance proves the point.
If all EPS packaging were replaced with corrugated cardboard, paper, wood, molded fiber etc., compared with current figures raw material requirements would rise to 560%, power consumption to 215% and the landfill volume to 150%.(Source: GVM, Wiesbaden).
Especially in comparison with corrugated cardboard, for example, as a shock-absorbing material and for similar applications, EPS rates three to twenty-five times better in terms of burden on air and water, power consumption and contribution to the greenhouse effect.
The ecological benefits of EPS relative to molded fiber packaging are equally impressive.(Source: InFo Kunststoff, Berlin).
Manufactured without hazardous additives.
No hazardous chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or plasticizers (phtalates) were or are used during the manufacture or processing of EPS.
Safe for food packaging.
Shape molded parts made of EPS meet all the requirements for food packaging. Incidentally, polystyrene is the plastic from which most yogurt pots are made.
Completely recyclable.
Used EPS parts are completely recyclable. We therefore collect and recycle all the scrap and molded parts that are available.
Eco-friendly disposal.
Molded polystyrene parts that cannot be recycled can be burned completely in incineration plants without residue where use is also made of the heat released. On landfills EPS does not affect groundwater and is not a burden on the environment.
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