Colour Masterbatch Market
November 2023- The Global EPS Sustainability Alliance (GESA) has defended what it calls the 'essential role' of expanded polystyrene (EPS), and it is urging Global Plastics Treaty negotiators to consider material science, packaging science, and material comparisons when devising policies. International delegates are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this week for the third of five rounds of discussions geared towards developing a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty. GESA has also sent a delegation to observe proceedings. GESA spokespersons Betsy Bowers, Executive Director of EPS Industry Alliance (EPS-IA), and Chresten Heide-Anderson, Project Manager at The Danish EPS Association (EPS-branchen) and Vice President of European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene (EUMEPS), issued the following joint statement: the treaty is an important opportunity to address plastic pollution from a clean-slate perspective and to take a novel approach to problem-solving; however, ambitious goals must be balanced with the reality of implementation challenges. Packaging science and environmental science have important roles to play to ensure net-negative environmental impacts don't occur. The EPS industry recommends the treaty adopt and implement the use of Packaging Product Category Rules that would facilitate the development of Environmental Product Declarations. This approach would expand material comparisons to include energy consumption, ozone depletion, acidification, eutrophication, ecotoxicity, and human health impacts. EPS packaging plays an important role in the global distribution of essential goods, and the company hopes to see the treaty deliver new solutions and harmonize policies that we see are already working. Environmental Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a tried-and-true policy tool that could achieve a faster and more efficient implementation with the help of harmonized international oversight. There is great promise that the United Nations member state negotiators will be able to consider policy solutions with careful deliberation and reason. They have a challenging task at hand, and GESA is hoping to be an asset to the dialogue.
Major players in the Color Masterbatch market, including BASF SE(US), PolyOne Corporation (US), Tosaf Group (Israel), RTP Company (US), Penn Color, Inc. (US), Ampacet Corporation (India), Plastiblends India Ltd(India), PolyOne Corporation (US), A. Schulman, Inc. (US), and Clariant AG(Switzerland), and others
