SCS hosted an online event, together with Packaging Europe. The event featured a panel including Jens Kathmann, Secretary General of SCS, Chrissi Schoenfelder, Chair Advocacy and Communications, SCS, Dr Frank Welle, Head of Department. Product Safety and Analytics, Fraunhofer IVV, and Dr Axel Hannemann, Head of Business Unit Fibre and Pellets, Gneuss, and discussed how recycled polystyrene (rPS) can be safely used as FCM behind a functional barrier and in direct food contact under a new EU Regulation.
The panels reflected upon how the value chain has been using intrinsically circular food grade polystyrene (PS) with a low carbon footprint and has been scaling-up multiple recycling technolo...