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LB starts MoReTec pilot unit


LyondellBasell has started up a chemical recycling pilot facility at its site at Ferrara in Italy using the company’s proprie- tary MoReTec recycling technology, which was developed with Germa- ny’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The facility will process 5-10 kg/hour of household plastic waste “over the next couple of years”, Lyondell- Basell said. The pilot will allow the company to study the interaction of various waste types in the recycling process. The MoReTec technol- ogy is designed to convert post-consumer plastic waste to a feedstock for new polymers for use in applications including food packaging and healthcare products. � www.lyondellbasell.com


Borealis secures €250m circular plastics funds


Borealis has closed a financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a multi-year €250m loan to support development of “novel, polyolefins-based circular solutions” at its innovation centres in Austria, Sweden and Finland. The circular economy is


one of three key sectors of development in the com- pany’s recently announced Borealis 2035 Group Strategy. To that end, and following on from the development of its Borcycle recycled polymers, the company has now added Bornewables polyolefins to its portfolio.


Bornewables are pro-


duced from renewable feedstocks derived from waste and residue streams, including vegetable oil production, waste oil and


A worker on a compounding line at the Borealis plant in Austria


cooking oil, and by-prod- ucts from timber industry. All have been ISCC Plus certified for traceability. According to Borealis,


the grades will deliver the same performance as the company’s current virgin polyolefins with a reduced carbon footprint and are suitable for all the same applications as fossil-de- rived grades, including


hygiene and food contact applications. “The promotion of


circular solutions in the poly- olefins industry is aligned with our goals to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, including for plastics, and to support cutting-edge innovation,” said EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle. � www.borealisgroup.com


NIR-sortable moves at Toyo Inks and BASF


Toyo Ink Europe Speciality Chemicals, the France-based division of the Toyo Ink Group, has become the latest to offer a black pigment option suitable for automated NIR (near-infrared ) recycling sorting systems. The company’s Lioplax range of black plastic NIR masterbatches have been formulated for use in PP trays, PET preforms, films, bottles and other packaging applications. Different grades are available in varying black shades, resins and processing compatibilities. The Lioplax products have been


certified according to the French COTREP recyclability test protocol and have received positive results at the


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Left: Lioplax is Toyo Ink’s new masterbatch for NIR sorting compliance


Pellenc and Tomra testing centres, the company said. n BASF’s Colors & Effects division has announced that its NIR-reflective Sicopal Black K 0098 FK grade has received FDA compliance certification for recycling. It was granted EU food


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contact approval in April. “Either alone or in combination with other pigments, Sicopal Black K 0098 FK can achieve a jet black colour, which is often sought after in packaging applications,” said Dr Breeze Briggs, North America Technical Manager at Colors & Effects. “As well, it can be used for shading in many different colour stylings, thus avoiding the use of carbon black.” � www.toyoink-europe.com/en/ � www.colors-effects.eu


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