Corporate Responsibility

Changing the Game for Packaging

CO₂RE™ is a patented plastic foaming technology that is available to license from Styron globally. This technology provides an opportunity for the dairy packaging and food service industries to improve their sustainability in the following ways:

• Reduced Material Consumption in Packaging
  The technology allows converters to produce polystyrene sheet with a foamed core layer using physical blowing agents. Styron internal tests using CO₂RE™ foaming technology illustrate significant total density reductions of up to 20 percent with the potential to reduce density even further.

• Improved Economic Performance Across the Value Chain
  By reducing the density of the polystyrene used in packaging, CO₂RE™ foaming technology also delivers reductions in energy usage during packaging production. Additionally, in the parts of the world where weight-based packaging disposal taxes have been implemented, brand owners are able to reduce the amount of waste disposal taxes incurred by their packaging.

• Improved Carbon Footprint
  As a direct result of raw material and energy savings, CO₂RE™ foaming technology enables a significant reduction in the carbon footprint of rigid polystyrene packaging applications, with potential reductions of between 10 and 20 percent.