Progress changes the conversation.
The U.S. Plastics Pact has removed EPS transport packaging from its Problematic & Unnecessary Materials List after determining that this specific packaging format has achieved a recycling rate of approximately 30% or higher.
This progress did not happen by accident. It reflects years of industry investment in collection, recycling infrastructure, and end markets for post-consumer EPS. Epsilyte has helped advance this progress.
Our Lyte™ Recycled Content EPS incorporates at least 50% certified recycled content while maintaining the strength, thermal performance and moldability customers expect. It gives manufacturers a practical way to put recovered material back to work in new, high-performance applications, including protective transport packaging.
This is how circularity advances: collect it, reprocess it, and create demand for it again.
There is more work ahead, but this decision is meaningful recognition that investment and innovation can change outcomes.
Learn more about Lyte™: https://epsilyte.com/eps-bead-products/product-lines/lyte-recycled-content-eps/
Read the U.S. Plastics Pact statement: https://usplasticspact.org/u-s-plastics-pact-statement-on-removal-of-eps-transport-packaging-from-the-problematic-unnecessary-materials-list/