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