La acción legislativa europea promueve la Economía Circular
The European Commission publishes, once again, its brochure focused on the EU Plastics Strategy and LIFE projects that participate within this topic.
One of the most important European platforms in Circular Economy shares the LIFE EPS-SURE.
Cicloplast, la sociedad sin ánimo de lucro dedicada al reciclaje de plásticos, es la encargada de coordinar el proyecto europeo Life EPS-Sure, que busca convertir las cajas de corcho blanco, de poliestireno expandido (EPS) -en las que habitualmente se transporta el pescado y otros alimentos frescos- en un nuevo plástico apto para uso alimentario, como envases de yogur. Más noticias en la revista gratuita elEconomista Agua y Medio Ambiente
Un consorcio de empresas españolas desarrollará durante tres años un proyecto de I+D+i con el que tratará de convertir las cajas de corcho blanco, las de poliestireno expandido (EPS) en las que se transporta habitualmente el pescado y otros productos frescos, en un nuevo plástico apto para uso alimentario de lácteos, como envases de yogurt.
Boxes made of expanded polystyrene (EPS), known as airpop, are commonly used to package, transport, and display fresh products such as fish, thanks to their excellent properties of thermal insulation, protection, and food safety. However, a large share of these boxes end up in landfills throughout Europe.
A group of Spanish plastics companies have received a LIFE grant from the European Union for a €1.5 million project to turn used polystyrene fish containers into new food contact packaging.
Unless you’re buying seafood (and maybe not even then) fishy smelling food and drink packaging isn’t going to fly. A project in Europe is working to deodorize EPS from fish boxes so they can be recycled into new food-contact products.
COEXPAN, a company specialising in the manufacture of rigid plastic sheets and thermoformed products for the food industry, is collaborating in the project “LIFE EPS-SURE 2017-2020”, which takes old fish boxes, recycles them and transforms them into new food grade packaging. It involves the design of a novel system for the collection, pre-treatment and recycling of expanded polystyrene (EPS) waste to produce new, high added-value polystyrene (PS) products, suitable for food contact.
Un consorcio de empresas españolas desarrollará durante tres años un proyecto de I+D+i con el que tratará de convertir las cajas de airpop en un nuevo plástico apto para uso alimentario
