Petrochemicals giant launches plastic recycling goods range to produce 30% ethylene propylene by 203
In early March 2021, overseas media reported that SABIC had signed a new agreement with bp. To jointly promote circular economy in petrochemical activities at Gelsenkirchen Chemical Park in Germany. Building on the two companies' long-standing relationship at the production site, the new collaboration will help increase the production of certified circular products, recyclable products that turn used mixed plastics into raw materials, thereby reducing the amount of fossil resources required for petrochemical plants.
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"This is an important milestone in our vision that by 2030, We will achieve up to 30 percent ethylene and propylene production from sustainable, recyclable raw materials, "said bp's vice president of Refining and specialty product Solutions for Europe and Africa.
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Recyclable polymers are part of SABIC TRUCIRCLE's product portfolio and services for recyclable innovations. The TRUCIRCLE portfolio covers recyclable designs, mechanically recycled products, certified circular products for the recycling of used plastic raw materials, certified renewable products for biobased raw materials and closed loop programs to recycle plastics into high-quality applications.
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Sustainable development is one of the core contents of SABIC's "Vision 2025". SABIC has also introduced a series of innovative solutions in the packaging, transportation and new energy industries in China to help local customers achieve their sustainability goals by creating products with fewer consumables and lighter weight.
Together with SAIC-GM, SABIC has launched the world's largest LEXAN polycarbonate rear triangle window, which can reduce the weight of glass Windows by up to 40%, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The MINI Countryman lightweight dashboard bracket, optimized by SABIC for BMW, won the SPE Automotive Innovation Award in the Body Interior category.
Taking washing powder packaging bag as an example, due to the different performance requirements for the surface layer and the inner layer of materials, washing powder packaging bag is usually composed of multi-layer structure. Because of the difference between the surface layer and the inner layer material, there are great difficulties in recycling. The SABIC BOPE solution offers unlimited possibilities for achieving a single material. In the BOPE/PE structure, the surface BOPE meets the printing and stiffness needs, the inner blown film PE has excellent heat sealing and toughness, and the all-PE structure can easily achieve full recycling.
Physical recovery: Direct recovery after consumption is suitable for blending products containing a high proportion of return material, used to improve the performance of processing and products; And suitable for resins that can improve the performance of the feedback. While meeting the specific needs of different market segments, product formulations are optimized to maximize the content of recyclable materials.
In short, physical recycling is the process of breaking the well-known waste materials such as plastic bottles into plastic particles, adding other materials and then making new plastic products. These plastics produced by the physical recycling process are often used in household applications, such as the packaging of detergents, disinfectants and other products. SABIC recently launched a "BAG-2-BAG" project, in which used transport bags are cleaned and turned into substrates that can then be used for recycling.
Chemical recycling: Recyclable polymers chemically "return" waste plastic directly to its original form and re-enter the cracking unit to produce plastic "from scratch". SABIC is an ISC-certified recycled polymer made from a chemical recycling process of mixed plastic waste, which performs as well as conventional products and has been widely used to develop innovative, high-quality and safe packaging solutions.
For example, SABIC helped Unilever become the first food brand in the world to use recycled plastic packaging, From SABIC's newly developed certified recyclable impact resistant polypropylene (PP) for frozen food; SABIC FLOWPACT polypropylene impact copolymer is also used in the manufacture of professional kitchen soup boxes.
TRUCIRCLE® based; With this pioneering initiative, SABIC aims to integrate "sustainability" throughout its value chain and collaborate with all parties in the chain. SABIC is committed to creating a true "closed loop" for plastics, from upstream raw materials to operations, customers, use stages and recycling at the end of the product's life cycle.
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