PolyRenew® for Our Customers and Our Planet
Increasingly, our customers are setting ambitious sustainability goals and want – and deserve – materials to make products that help them reach them. That's what PolyRenew® is all about.
We continue to invest in technology, partnerships, resources to support the first step in the waste hierarchy, which is to reduce waste generation.
PolyRenew® products are designed with both waste reduction and sustainability in mind.
Three Generations
There are three generations of products in the PolyRenew® family, all with improved sustainability attributes.
The first generation incorporates certified recycled material into a resin that’s used in direct food contact applications. These materials are also being used in non-food contact applications, with a wide range of recycled material content.
The second generation of PolyRenew® resins are engineered to bring higher efficiency to our customer’s processes, and to reduce the use of raw materials. These products are designed around the concept of doing more with less. They are widely used today in food contact applications and many other consumer products.
The third generation of PolyRenew® resins come from our joint-venture recycling facility, Regenyx, and contain recycled polystyrene waste converted back into feedstock. These new grades were commercialized in 2020.
AmSty is proud to be the leading US producer of certified recycled polystyrene.