Polystyrene Recycling Alliance partners with Brave Industries

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a Washington-based organization working toward polystyrene (PS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling solutions, has partnered with Brave Industries, a consortium of independent recyclers with operations across the U.S. 

PSRA says the partnership aims to expand the collection and recycling of all types of PS, including rigid nonfoam applications (HIPS/GPPS) and foam formats (EPS/XPS) for processing and delivery to responsible end markets for use in new products. 

The initiative will launch in Denver and Baltimore, two regions at the forefront of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) implementation. PSRA says it will support the project with grants for collection infrastructure, allowing Brave to expand their reach and capacity for collecting and recycling all types of PS. 

“As we continue evolving toward a robust circular economy, it’s essential that all types of PS can be collected and transformed into new products at responsible end markets," PSRA Chair Richard Shaw says. “This partnership with Brave Industries is a big step in that direction. Our ultimate goal is to make PS widely recyclable, and we embrace every viable collection channel and recycling technology to accomplish that vision.” 

PSRA says it and Brave Industries are demonstrating how industry collaboration and market-based innovation can accelerate PS’s transition from a misunderstood material to a proven, circular resource. 

“We’re excited to partner with the PSRA to advance a forward-thinking, innovative approach to recycling all forms of PS,” says Adam Hill, Brave Industries co-founder. “The model we’ve developed with PSRA demonstrates that scalable solutions already exist—ones that allow us to recycle more types of PS and deliver recycled resins to responsible end markets across the states where we operate.”