EPD-IES-0033622:002

Extruded Expandable Polystyrene Beads (EPS) - BVPV Styrenics / Painesville, Ohio

Expandable polystyrene (EPS) beads incorporating recycled EPS content post-consumer and post-industrial waste through a mechanical extrusion recycling process. Pentane is used as the blowing agent. All products are marketed in bead form (spherical pellets). R-PEK P50B and R-PEK P60B are white grades, while UltraPek PG50B and UltraPek FG30A are gray grades. The product is just being introduced to the market."

Registration number	EPD-IES-0033622:002
Status	Valid
Version date	2026-09-08
Validity date	2031-09-08
PCR	2010:16 Plastics in primary forms
Standards conformance	ISO 14025:2006
Licensee	EPD Mexico
Geographical scope	USA

Company name	Styropek México
Country	Mexico
Contact	sustainability@styropek.com
Website	http://www.styropek.com/
LCA Practitioner	Leandra Díaz Ríos, ldiaz@cadis.earth

R-PEK P50B and R-PEK P60B: White regular shape (Packaging applications): Extruded EPS beads containing 30% to 60% recycled content and 4.4% to 4.9% pentane by weight as an expanding agent.

Ultrapek PG50B: Gray regular shape (Cold chain applications): Extruded EPS beads with recycled content ranging from 30% to 60%, containing between 4.4% and 4.9% by weight of pentane as an expanding agent.

Ultrapek FG30A: Gray FR Block (Building and construction applications): Extruded EPS beads modified (fire retardant/flame retardant) with 30% recycled content, containing between 4.4 - 4.9% by weight of pentane as an expanding agent.

All fractions are sold in the form of beads, packaged in 800 kg super sacks, with
an approximate bulk density of ~670 kg/m3. They are compatible with many antistatic agents, mineral oils, color pigments, and other additives that may be added during the transformation process. Do not contain chlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbon compounds.