EPS

The Italian market for sintered expanded polystyrene (EPS) confirms the stabilisation phase that began in 2024, when consumption reached 120,000 tonnes, marking a return to pre-superbonus and pre-Covid levels. Now, at the end of 2025, the sector looks ahead with confidence, supported by European policies on energy efficiency and material recyclability.

The new guidelines (https://recyclass.eu/recyclability/design-for-recycling-guidelines/) published by RecyClass, a comprehensive cross-industry initiative which works to advance plastic packaging recyclability, offer the plastic industry insights on how different components of EPS fish boxes and white goods packaging should be manufactured to be...