Engineering360: "Upcycling route cuts polystyrene reuse costs"

This would be a promising way to help get more out of polystyrene products. Hopefully this is economically favorable and gains some traction.

The percentage of polystyrene recycled in this way is entirely dependent on the market volume for the DPM product relative to the volume of polystyrene. Of course, having a lower cost DPM may increase the number of uses for it. Hidden behind all this is the question of how much polystyrene we need to produce in the future in relationship to long-term environmental concerns.

--JMM