SABIC has announced together with its customers Unilever, Vinventions and Walki Group, the launch of certified circular polymers.
SABIC’s certified circular polymers will be produced in The Netherlands from a feedstock known as TACOIL, a patented product from UK-based Plastic Energy, from the recycling of low quality, mixed plastic waste otherwise destined for incineration or landfill.
The finished certified circular polymers will then be supplied to the three customers to use in their development of pioneering, high quality and safe consumer packaging for food, beverage, personal and home care products.
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SABIC Chairman, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Jarbou, and Vice Chairman & CEO Yousef Al-Benyan, with representatives from customers Unilever and Vinventions, and supplier Plastic Energy.
As a disruptive innovation, the introduction of the certified circular polymers in 2019 will create a new value chain, where SABIC, its upstream supplier and key downstream customers work side-by-side to upcycle mixed plastic waste back to the original polymer for packaging applications.
Yousef Al-Benyan, Vice Chairman and CEO, SABIC, said: “Today, more than ever, sustainability is a core value which drives our advanced scientific and technological expertise and our pioneering spirit. Along with our eminent customers, we are proud to launch our certified circular polymers which is further testament to our leadership in advancing the circular economy.”
