Polystyrene Recycling

Name

Polystyrene Recycling

Legal name

Supreme Mouldings

Website

https://polystyrenerecycling.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing (326140), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Recycling (EUAIAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Industrial Plastics Scrap Recovery & Regrind (IMANAMAB), Recycled Plastic Compounds (PCR/PIR) (IMANABAE)

Keywords

• Polystyrene recycling
• Plastic waste collection
• Recycled plastic products
• Waste management services
• Sustainability reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Gauteng

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recycled Polystyrene Material Sales: Collects polystyrene waste free of charge from businesses, processes it at their factory, and converts it into new plastic products for sale to manufacturers. Revenue is derived from selling the recycled polystyrene resin and finished products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Polystyrene Recycling collects polystyrene waste free of charge from large businesses and recycling collection points across South Africa, transports it to its Roodepoort factory, and processes it into recycled resin and new plastic products. Beyond physical collection and recycling, it delivers environmental impact reports to client businesses for use in their annual sustainability and ESG reporting.

Product overview

Polystyrene Recycling is a South African recycling company that operates a collection and processing service for polystyrene waste. The company collects polystyrene from businesses and recycling centers at no charge, processes it in their factory to produce recycled materials, and provides environmental impact reporting. Their service portfolio includes collection logistics, recycling processing, and sustainability reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Polystyrene Collection Free collection service that retrieves polystyrene waste directly from the offices, factories, distribution centres, and recycling collection points of large businesses across South Africa, removing the disposal hassle and cost burden from waste-generating companies.
• Polystyrene Recycling and Reprocessing Factory-based processing service that converts collected polystyrene waste into recycled resin and new plastic products (via grinding, melting, and moulding), reducing waste destined for oceans, rivers, and landfills, and supplying manufacturers with recycled material that can be re-used up to 20 times.
• Recycling Reports and Environmental Impact Reporting Reporting service that provides client businesses with documented tonnages of polystyrene collected and recycled, enabling use in annual sustainability disclosures and ESG reporting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of tons of polystyrene diverted from landfills
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Foam CycleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Foam Cycle collaboration with the Nashville Department of Waste Services to install Foam Cycle's patented foam collection and densification system at the East Convenience Center in Nashville, processing EPS for transport to EFP LLC's manufacturing facility in La Vergne, Tennessee.
• Nashville Department of Waste ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Collaboration to expand EPS recycling in Nashville through installation of Foam Cycle's patented foam collection and densification system. The program also includes a portable trailer system for on-demand collection at universities, festivals, and seasonal events across Metro Nashville departments.
• R3viraminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026PSRA announced a strategic collaboration with R3vira to expand polystyrene recycling infrastructure in Mexico City, doubling collection capacity of the 'peque-ruta' system from 12 to 24 active pathways. Investment funded densification equipment and expanded warehouse facilities across all 16 boroughs.
• Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025PSRA is an industry group launched by the Plastics Industry Association in 2025. The alliance conducts end market studies, maps recycling infrastructure across the US and Canada, and advocates for 'widely recyclable' status for polystyrene. PSRA has 81 companies managing recovery through 119 facilities and is expanding into Mexico.
• Mexican Plastics PactminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025PSRA partnered with the Mexican Plastics Pact to boost HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene) dairy packaging recycling in central Mexico, aiming to expand the circular economy for polystyrene in the region.
• Resource Recycling Systems (RRS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025PSRA conducted its recycling infrastructure study in partnership with RRS, identifying 126 companies operating 169 facilities that process or reclaim polystyrene across the US and Canada. RRS provided research and analytical support for the study.
• Supreme MouldingscoreOthersPolystyrene Recycling is a division of Supreme Mouldings, a South African manufacturing company. This corporate parent relationship provides the manufacturing infrastructure and operational backing for the recycling division.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Colorado Plastics Recycling: Independent US polystyrene recycler focused on EPS post-consumer recovery and densification. Comparable as a smaller, single-material specialist recycler with a collection-plus-processing model, though operating at smaller scale than large PSRA members.
• Greenpath Recovery (formerly Styro Recycle): North American polystyrene-specific recycler collecting and reprocessing EPS for downstream manufacturing. Comparable niche focus on a single polymer stream and similar B2B/recycler-of-recyclers customer mix.

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management Inc. Large US waste-services conglomerate offering recycling (including EPS via Foam Cycle partnerships) within a broad portfolio. Comparable in that it collects and processes waste streams including PS, but does not specialise in polystyrene the way Polystyrene Recycling does.

Direct peers

• Resirene: Mexican manufacturer producing FDA-approved recycled polystyrene resin from recovered feedstock. Comparable as the downstream/resin-reprocessing counterparty in the same PS recycling value chain Polystyrene Recycling operates in.
• R3vira: Mexico City-based polystyrene circular-economy platform running 'peque-ruta' collection pathways and densification equipment. Operates the same collection-to-manufacturing closed-loop model for PS that Polystyrene Recycling runs in South Africa.
• Supreme Mouldings: The South African parent company of Polystyrene Recycling, operating as a manufacturer and using its own factory for processing recycled material. Comparable as a vertically integrated South African plastics manufacturer and immediate corporate parent.
• EFP LLC: Tennessee-based end-market manufacturer of recycled polystyrene products. Like Polystyrene Recycling, EFP converts recovered PS into new products and serves as the offtake sink for feedstock supplied by collection partners (e.g., Foam Cycle).
• Foam Cycle: US-based EPS foam densification and recycling company. Directly comparable to Polystyrene Recycling: both operate foam-specific (EPS/XPS) collection-and-processing infrastructure and sell recovered material back into manufacturing channels, just in different geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/polystyrene_sa
• Facebookfacebook.com/polystyrenerecycling

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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