Certifications

All StyroChem EPS products are free from CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and meet European 2002/95/EC Directive for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Directive 94/62/EC for Packaging and Packaging Waste and CONEG, which restrict the use of the following materials: cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Cr VI), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs). StyroChem EPS also meets EU Recovery Standards EN 13430 and EN 13431.

Code Body/Certifying Organization Certified to comply with File
ICC-ES ASTM C 578 ER-5687
2000 International Building Code
Underwriter’s Laboratory, Inc. &
Underwriter’s Laboratory Canada Ltd.		 UL 723/ASTM E 84 - Flame Spread and Smoke Development R 10302
UL 94 - Recognized Components E 93815
Factory Mutual Class 4450 1000001498

• Military Specifications

Specification Number Title Compliance
MIL-P-19644C
July 10, 1970		 Plastic Molding Material
(Polystyrene Foam)		 Part molded comply if
Type I – all shape grades
Type II – all modified grades
Class I – non-pigmented
MIL-P-60312C
December 5, 1986		 Molded Parts- Polystyrene Expanded Type II – non-pigmented
Class I – all shape grades
Class II – all modified grades with antistat

• Federal Specifications

Specification Number Title Compliance
HH-I-524C
October 1, 1980		 Insulation Board Thermal (Polystyrene) Obsolete as of 1983. All specifications reference latest version of ASTM C-578. All modified grades comply.
PPP-C-850D
September 3, 1976		 Cushioning Material- Polystyrene Expanded All shape and molded grades comply with Type I – sheet form.


• California Technical Bulletin 117

MB 500 and MB 590 comply with Section A, Part III

• Motor Vehicle Flammability Test

MB590 complies with the FMVSS 302 standard

• General Motors Engineering Standard for Expanded Polystyrene with Flame Retardant

MB590 is listed for GMP.PS.005