K2022 NEWS Solvay pushes sustainability
Solvay was underlining the progress of its materials sustainability strategy with the launch of several high-performance products with a reduced carbon footprint for high-end applications. These are based on mechanical and chemical recycled resins and recycled reinforcements. As the first milestone in
the project, the company recently gained ISCC-Plus certification – a well-recog- nised standard for bio-based, recycled and mass balance materials – for its Augusta site in Georgia in the US. Using the mass balance
method, Solvay said it will track and trace the flow of certified circular and/or
renewable materials through the value chain. This will enable the devel- opment of the new ReCycle MB (Mass Balance) Specialty Polymers Portfolio. The site is already manufacturing an ISCC-Plus compliant sulphone mono- mer, which will subsequently be used for the production of Udel PSU ReCycle MB and Radel PPSU ReCycle MB sulfone polymers. The ISCC-Plus certifica- tion will cover a growing portfolio of products spanning different chemis- tries. Additional certified high-performance materials will become available globally soon, starting with Ryton PPS ReCycle MB and
Amodel PPA ReCycle MB. Solvay said it also continues to invest to improve the sustainability of its operations and supply chain. It said 100% of the electricity that Solvay sources in the US for PPA, PPS, HPPA and PEEK base polymer production is renewable. Georges Houtappel, Global Head of Transporta- tion Business at Solvay Specialty Polymers, said many Solvay customers are now demanding recycled content. “How do you integrate this into high performance materials and still maintain high perfor- mance? We can’t reduce performance by using recycled plastics coming
SI Group enters into recycling
SI Group launched a new range of additives for recycling under the brand name EverCycle, which is said to have been created with a view to building industry collaborations with plastics recyclers, machinery companies and polymer producers. The move underlines a significant transformation in the SI Group business over the past three years, according to Robert Kaiser, VP Polymer Solutions and MD for the EMEA region. This has included invest- ments in expanding antioxidant production at various global sites, in particular production of its Weston 705 phosphite antioxidants, but is also forward-looking.
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reduce acetaldehyde levels. The EverCycle PET-102D and PET-103D grades are intended for use with PET bottles, trays, and fibres; PET-102D is available as a pellet and PET-103D as a liquid. Two additives for polyole-
“Innovation should not be limited to what we already have but also connected with the future and sustainability,” he said at the show. The first products in the
EverCycle family include two additives for PET recycling and converting, which are claimed to enhance process stability and colour control and
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fin recycling offer process stabilisation and perfor- mance enhancement while enabling increased recycled content. EverCycle PP-101S has been developed for stabilisation in HDPE and PP rigid packaging; LD-101S is intended for stabilisation in LDPE flexible packaging. EverCycle LD-104P targets mechanical performance issues such as gel formation in films that creates weak spots and affects clarity. �
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from waste streams where the content is not exactly known. That’s never going to work,” he said. “So we can offer our
products with certified renewable content certified using the mass balance approach. You can’t see the difference from virgin materials. We now have four different product lines making use of chemical recycling and we will expand that solution,” he said. “We are also looking at recycled fillers. We now offer solutions to offer for example recycled glass fibre, mostly post-industrial but also very limited amounts of post-consumer.” �
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Coperion inks Dubai contract
Coperion signed a deal on its stand to supply a complete system for chem- ical recycling of PMMA to Dubai-based Renov8. The system will be installed at the Kezad Polymers Park in Abu Dhabi and will thermally convert PMMA to liquid rMMA in a continuous process. It includes material handling, two ARW discharge agitators with discharge screws, and two Smart Weigh Belt (SWB) feeders, as well as a ZSK 92 Mc18
twin screw
extruder with 92 mm screw diameter. �
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