OPTIMUM PACKAGING
EPS fish boxes are used for the storage and collection of fresh products like fish, thanks to its excellent insulation properties, protection and food safety.
100% Recyclable
These boxes are 100% recyclable. Nevertheless, a large number of them still go to landfill all over Europe (45-50% in Europe, 55 -60% in Spain).
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
The aim of the Project is to close the loop by providing a technically and environmentally-viable and economically-profitable solution to successfully recycle EPS fish boxes waste into new PS food contact packaging.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTION
This Project provides a complete solution along the value chain, where a successfully management of one of the most difficult packaging waste flows is proved.
- Defining a sustainable model to collect, transport and recycle EPS fish boxes, so they can be converted into PS pellets for the manufacture of food contact packaging.
- Implementing procedures and good practices for EPS fish boxes waste management: collection logistics, storage, pre-treatment (compaction, briquetting, washing) and recycling.
- Set-up of a demonstrative pilot plant in order to produce PS pellets from recycled EPS fish boxes waste.
- Development of a pilot plant in order to produce PS sheets with different concentrations of recycled and virgin PS, to produce food contact packaging as its final aim.
European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform
The European Commission
LIFE & the EU Plastics Strategy
Mr. Josep María Tost,
Director ARC and President of ACR+
(Catalonia, Spain, EU)
Mr. Paolo Garbagna,
Vice President
(Italy)
Mr. David Emes,
Chairman of EPS Group
(UK)
Mr. Massimo Pavavidino,
General Manager
(Italy)
Mr. Joaquim Quoden,
Managing Director
(EU)
