AmSty releases 2025 sustainability report

Styrene producer Americas Styrenics LLC (AmSty), The Woodlands, Texas, recently released its 2025 sustainability report, titled “Making Waves.” The company says its report reflects its “bold approach to sustainability” and details how it is accelerating its impact across operations, industry partnerships and environmental stewardship.

“At AmSty, we’re not just participating in change—we’re driving it,” President and CEO Randy Pogue says. “This year’s report reflects how AmSty is pushing boundaries, advancing circularity and delivering meaningful change.”

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In the area of circularity, the company reports that in 2024 it completed its first sale of PolyRenew styrene, sourced from postuse feedstocks to a customer in the automotive industry—a milestone the company says builds on the foundation of its growing portfolio of circular materials.

“As we publish this report in 2025, we are well positioned to support our customers across a wide range of industries with a variety of sustainable feedstocks,” the company writes in the report, adding that it has long embraced chemical and mechanical recycling processes for postuse polystyrene (PS) in order to turn the material into new products.

“We are also working closely with technology experts and processors to support the deployment of innovative methods for sorting plastics from the general waste stream for recycling and are testing emerging technologies that show promise for improving the effectiveness of existing recycling operations,” the company reports. “We will continue expanding recycling capacity to meet customer demand for recycled polystyrene and showcase the variety of technologies available to support the circular economy.”

In January, AmSty also helped launch the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a group of industry stakeholders focused on increasing the circularity of PS products across North America. The organization is affiliated with the Washington-based Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS).

“These achievements show what’s possible when we combine vision with action,” says Richard Shaw, director of circular economy and sustainability at AmSty. “‘Making Waves’ is not just a theme, it’s a reflection of how we’re pushing past barriers, scaling innovation and collaborating for solutions that reduce plastic waste and support a more circular economy.”

The company’s report also outlines how its products and practices support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The report highlights environmental achievements from the past year, including the expansion of a hazardous waste reduction initiative first piloted at its Hanging Rock, Ohio, PS plant. In two-and-a-half years, the company says the program has reduced hazardous waste by 20 percent and now has been scaled to include the company’s Joliet, Illinois, and Torrance, California, facilities.

Additionally, the AmSty reports that multiple sites now have achieved seven years without a recordable injury, with the Marietta, Ohio, plant reaching a milestone of nine years.

AmSty says its investments in infrastructure also are advancing sustainability and performance. A multiyear reliability improvement initiative is underway at the company’s St. James, Louisiana, styrene facility, it says, while control systems are being upgraded to digital technology at the Marietta facility to enhance efficiency and long-term operational reliability.