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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...Economic data
The global EPS market totalled 3.75 million tonnes in 2004, of which 46% was used in packaging.
The breakdown of the insulation and packaging markets varies from one continent to another. These are entirely representative of building traditions (whether or not to insulate) and the importance of industries using EPS packaging. In Japan, for example, a leader in the electronics sector and the world's...
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