Agilyx, Technip Energies launch TruStyrenyx brand

Technip Energies, an international engineering and technology player headquartered in France, and US-based chemical recycling company Agilyx have announced the launch of TruStyrenyx, a new chemical recycling solution for polystyrene developed jointly by the companies.
The companies have been collaborating since June 2021, forming a partnership that leverages Agilyx’ conversion technology and Technip Energies’ purification process. Extensive pilot plant testing of their all-in-one solution has confirmed the success of their collaboration: the tests, conducted on difficult to recycle waste polystyrene, including flame retardant laden waste polystyrene, showed that the technology produced recycled styrene monomer that meets American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for styrene monomer and is greater than 99.8 wt% purity. ASTM standards are used and accepted worldwide and cover many industries.
Moreover, the halogen concentration in the styrene monomer product originating from flame retardant additives in the polystyrene waste, was below available detection limits. Reducing this halogen concentration to accepable limits is a challenge for many currently used processes.
“This technology collaboration is completely new to the marketplace, offering an all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene,” noted  Chris Faulkner, Ph.D, Chief Technology Officer at Agilyx.
“The high purity of the recycled styrene monomer from testing proves that TruStyrenyx offers a recycling solution on par with virgin materials.”
Styrene monomer is used to make numerous plastics and other polymers. It is one of the three primary components of ABS, can make the pure polymer polystyrene, and is an ingredient in various synthetic rubbers.
This solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene offers potential clients a feasible way to make polymer products from recycled sources without compromising product integrity, said Bhaskar Patel, SVP of Sustainable Fuels, Chemicals and Circularity at Technip Energies.
The joint, innovative technology was tested at a pilot plant at Technip’s R&D facility in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
“This marks an important step in our development of circular solutions for styrenics technologies, and our relationship with Agilyx,” he concluded.