Agilyx Corp. and Kumho Petrochemical are assessing to develop and construct a chemical recycling project in South Korea.
Jong-Hoon Baek, CEO of Kumho Petrochemical, stated, “We are very interested in recycling post-use plastics while focusing on utilizing post-use polystyrene into the pure styrene.”
The project will use Agilyx unique and novel chemical recycling technology to produce pure styrene from post-use polystyrene (PS) which will be used to produce solution styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR), a key component for the manufacture of tires.
