EPS waste management
Expanded polystyrene or EPS
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EPS waste management
Expanded polystyrene or EPS

Author : Daniel WYART

Publication date: July 10, 2008 | Lire en français

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9. EPS waste management

Preserving natural resources and reducing the environmental impact of waste disposal are new priorities.

EPS waste can only be recovered from packaging. In fact, the thermal and acoustic insulation used in buildings, apartment blocks and single-family homes has a useful life of well over 50 years.

9.1 Source reduction – "Principle of prevention

Waste reduction at source refers to actions taken before waste arises, in order to reduce the quantity of waste produced and to be managed.

This corresponds to a reduction in the amount of EPS used to fulfill a given function. Expandable material performance has improved considerably, and much progress has been made in the design of finished products. These efforts are...

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