Versalis Revive® PS

Versalis Revive® PS is the new gamma of compact polystyrenes containing secondary raw material coming from domestic post-consumer waste separate collection or from post-industrial. The high level of purity of recycled polystyrene and the use of specific Versalis virgin styrene polymers give a compound containing recycled polystyrene, with performance matching the needs of multiple applications, such as thermal insulation, electrical boxes, packaging and household items.

Within the Versalis Revive® PS family, Versalis Revive® PS – Series Forever gamma is developed in collaboration with Forever Plast, a leading Italian company at European level in the recovery and recycling of post-consumer plastic from the CoRePla circuit from Italian domestic waste collection. In fact, through a specialized supply chain it is possible to separate the fraction of polystyrene coming from plates, glasses, trays and yoghurt cups.

The Versalis Revive® PS portfolio consists of six products:

• Versalis Revive® PS Air F - Series Forever contains 75% rps from post-consumer domestic waste and it is designed for expanded trays for food packaging
• Versalis Revive® PS Land - Series Forever contains 75% of rps from post-consumer domestic waste and it has been designed for application in extrusion/thermoforming such as yogurt cups and vending cups through a functional barrier structure with virgin polystyrene. Versalis Revive® PS Land - Series Forever is also suitable for injection moulding of household items
• Versalis Revive® PS RT 33010 contains 30% of rps from post-consumer domestic waste and it has been designed for the production of electrical boxes. It is supplied in grey shade according to E&E sector requirements
• Versalis Revive® PS Air H contains 75% rps from post-consumer domestic waste and is designed for manufacturing low thickness XPS panels for building insulation. The product is suitable for the production of panels compliant to Italian CAM (Minimum Environmental Criteria to be eligible for fiscal incentives in renovation) requirements
• Versalis Revive® PS Air HE(B) contains 60% rps from post-consumer domestic separate collection or from post-industrial waste and is designed for manufacturing medium thickness XPS panels for building insultation. The product is suitable for the production of panels compliant to Italian CAM (Minimum Environmental Criteria to be eligible for fiscal incentives in renovation) requirements
• Versalis Revive® PS Air HEF(B) contains 60% rps from post-consumer domestic separate collection or from post-industrial and is designed for manufacturing high thickness XPS panels for building insultation. The product is suitable for the production of panels compliant to Italian CAM (Minimum Environmental Criteria to be eligible for fiscal incentives in renovation) requirements

With an agreement with Forever Plast, a leading Italian company at European level in the recovery and recycling of post-consumer plastics, and in collaboration with COREPLA*, Pro Food* and Unionplast*, entities in the polystyrene industry chain, we have developed the new Versalis Revive® PS Air F – Series Forever product for food packaging, made from 75% recycled polystyrene obtained from household differentiated collection.

This is how an innovative recyclable food tray was created, intended mainly for the meat and fish market, consisting of an inner layer containing Versalis Revive® PS Air F – Series Forever and two outer layers made of virgin polystyrene. This structure, known as A-B-A functional barrier, which guarantees food contact compliance, was subjected to stringent tests developed in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), a prestigious German applied research institute that collaborates with industry in the development of viable technologies to bring innovative products to market.

* Corepla (National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging) - Pro Food: Unionplast Commodity Class representing companies producing plastic packaging and containers for fresh foodstuffs - Unionplast (Italian Plastic and Rubber Federation)