Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 1: Direct Food Contact

The increase in plastic recycling is an essential pre-requisite for the transition to a circular economy. Polystyrene (PS) is a low diffusive polymer and therefore a promising candidate for recycling back into food contact similar to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). However, such a recycling of PS...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank Welle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Recycling
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/8/1/26