Recycled PS in Contact with Food - A Story of Rebirth

Amaro Araujo

Key Account & Market Development Manager Styrenics

INEOS Styrolution

Amaro Araujo is a Key Account and Business Development Manager at INEOS Styrolution. With deep expertise in the food packaging industry, he works with leading brands to accelerate the adoption of sustainable materials, focusing on mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) for food contact applications.

INEOS Styrolution is a world leader in the styrene industry and offers polystyrene, ABS and specialty products. The company is driving innovation in circular solutions through mechanical and advanced recycling, with the goal of providing high-quality, sustainable materials that meet regulatory and performance standards.

Amaro's talk explores INEOS Styrolution's journey to achieving food contact quality for recycled polystyrene, the challenges it faces, and how the collaboration is redefining the perception of polystyrene from a declining polymer to a key enabler for achieving the PPWR and SBTi targets. Sustainable styrene solutions are ready today, not tomorrow.

Mechanically Recycled & Bio-Attributed Polymers from INEOS Styrolution

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