Dolco Packaging (Wayne, Pennsylvania / USA; www.tekni-plex.com/dolco), a leading US manufacturer of polystyrene egg cartons and a business of packaging specialist Tekni-Plex, has announced a collaboration with plastics recycling company Agilyx (Tigard, Oregon / USA; www.agilyx.com) to expand recycling of PS packaging.

Under the cooperation Dolco will supply Agilyx with a portion of its own post-industrial PS scrap from egg carton and food tray production as well as used PS packaging it has collected from consumers. The chemical recycler will use its proprietary recycling technology to convert the materials back into styrene monomer, which is then used to create new polystyrene products.

“It is our mission to increase plastic recovery globally from 10% to 90% through new collection programmes with companies that see the value,” said Agilyx CEO Joe Vaillancourt. Agilyx previously announced another PS recycling project with Ineos Styrolution (Frankfurt / Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com – see Plasteurope.com of 13.12.2019).

Dolco’s US facility in Wenatchee, Washington, which recycles approximately 2,000 t/y of its own post-industrial scrap, also collects used PS packaging from the local community. Dolco will support the initiative with Agilyx further by increasing its community outreach and PS scrap collection efforts, said Jay Arnold, senior VP and general manager at Dolco.