Ineos Styrolution receives ISCC Plus certification

Aurora, Illinois-based styrene plastics manufacturer Ineos Styrolution America LLC has received International Sustainability & Carbon (ISCC) Plus Certification for its manufacturing sites in Decatur, Alabama, and Bayport, Texas.

The company says the new certifications give it a total of five for its manufacturing sites in the Americas region. It previously announced ISCC Plus certification for its Channahon, Illinois; Texas City, Texas; and Altamira, Mexico, locations in December 2021. Ineos Styrolution adds that the latest certifications demonstrate an important milestone in its commitment to a circular economy for plastics.

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The certification supports the use of advanced recycling technology and bio-attributed feedstocks to produce recycled polystyrene (PS) and other styrenic products. ISCC Plus uses a mass balance approach to certify recycled or bio-attributed products by tracking the sustainability characteristics of circular and/or bio-attributed content within materials. This approach provides companies, brand owners and consumers with the assurance that high sustainability requirements are met when they see ISCC Plus-certified materials.

“Expanding the sites within our ISCC Plus certification will allow us to offer even more sustainable solutions to our customers,” says Cassie Bradley, Ineos Styrolution’s sustainability commercial manager for the Americas. “This advancement reflects the ongoing expansion of styrenics sustainable solutions and paves the way for revolutionary advanced recycling technologies which allow for a truly circular economy for polystyrene products.”

ISCC is an independent multistakeholder organization providing a globally applicable certification system for the sustainability of raw materials and products. Developed to meet the high demands regarding the implementation of environmentally, socially and economically sustainable production, this certification validates Ineos Styrolution has met the objectives of ISCC Plus and enables the further development of styrenics products derived from recycled plastics produced by the company.

“Ineos Styrolution is focused on bringing truly viable, long-term, sustainable solutions to the market,” Ineos Styrolution Vice President of Sales Management, Americas, Ricardo Cuetos says. “We want to ensure that plastic waste once destined for a landfill can be recycled back into its raw material for infinite use. Thus, making closed-loop products a reality.”