Les 300 Laitiers Bio Brand Offers Sustainable
Packaging
Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a specialty materials solution provider,
announced that it has been working with CEDAP, an expert in plastic
film extrusion and thermoforming, to provide food contact compliant
recycled polystyrene (rPS) for the yogurt cups of the French brand
Les 300 Laitiers Bio since April 2022. The brand is a holding of
Eurial Ultra-Frais, the European agricultural cooperative.
The material used for the application is Trinseo’s STYRON™
CO2RE™ CR55 Polystyrene Resin that combines 55 percent recycled
styrene monomer feedstock with virgin, fossil-based content. After
refining and production, the material yields 50 percent rPS and
this is what goes into the yogurt pot application.
According to Trinseo’s Sustainability Business Development
Leader, Julien Renvoise, “Trinseo is seeing increased demand for
rPS, not only in sensitive food applications, as with CEDAP and
Eurial Ultra-Frais, but in applications across industry sectors.
Due to the simple chemistry of PS, polystyrene waste can be
processed in a number of ways, allowing customers not only to meet
sustainability goals but to achieve material performance and cost
requirements.”
Depolymerization technology is used in the recycling process and
allows polystyrene (PS) waste to be converted to its monomer
(styrene), which is then combined with virgin content in
manufacturing with no distinction between the two materials.
Consequently, STYRON™ CO2RE™ CR55 Polystyrene Resins can be used in
high quality, demanding applications including consumer
electronics, packaging, household durables … and even food contact
applications.
Using the Trinseo rPS, CEDAP produces a PS sheet roll and sends
it to Eurial Ultra-Frais for yogurt pot thermoforming, filling, and
sealing and, ultimately, delivery of the final Les 300 Laitiers BIO
product to the retailer.
For traceability of sustainable content, all three companies are
ISCC+ mass balance certified. Mass Balance has become the
recognized standard when mixing sustainable and non-sustainable
content in a production process.
Recycled PS has been shown to have a favorable impact on the
environment. A Styrenics Circular Solutions Lifecycle Analysis
(LCA) compared PS produced with 100 percent virgin, fossil content
with material containing recycled PS. Results show that with
depolymerized rPS, there is a 75 percent reduction in CO2
emissions.
Eurial Ultra-Frais, CEDAP, and Trinseo share a commitment to
sustainability, recognizing the importance of preserving fossil
resources, reducing one’s carbon footprint, and implement a
circular economic model. All three are focused on innovation in PS
as it is a material that has the potential to be infinitely
recycled, thus preventing it from ending up in a landfill as
waste.
About Trinseo
Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a specialty material solutions provider,
partners with companies to bring ideas to life in an imaginative,
smart, and sustainability-focused manner by combining its premier
expertise, forward-looking innovations and best-in-class materials
to unlock value for companies and consumers.
From design to manufacturing, Trinseo taps into decades of
experience in diverse material solutions to address customers’
unique challenges in a wide range of industries, including consumer
goods, mobility, building and construction, and medical.
Trinseo’s approximately 3,400 employees bring endless creativity
to reimagining the possibilities with clients all over the world
from the company’s locations in North America, Europe, and Asia
Pacific. Trinseo reported net sales of approximately $4.8 billion
in 2021. Discover more by visiting www.trinseo.com and connecting
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