K2019 | EXHIBITION REVIEW SABIC launches Trucircle initiative
At K2019, SABIC presented the first packaging applica- tions made from recycled polymers developed using its chemical recycling technology. The exhibition provided a launchpad for its Trucircle initiative encom- passing circular materials and technologies. “Sustainability is a core value for SABIC,” said Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, Executive Vice President for Petrochemicals, at a press conference. The products introduced at the K Show are “testament to our determination”, he said. On display were various
circular packaging applica- tions, such as Unilever’s
recycled Magnum ice cream tubs made from SABIC’s newly developed impact PP for frozen foods, where high flow and high impact at low temperatures are required. Knorr bouillon powder containers are made from Flowpact PP impact copolymer. Flexible packag- ing made from recycled PE were also on show. SABIC has a small chemical recycling plant at its Geleen facility in the Netherlands which, since the start of the year, has been producing pyrolysis oil from plastics waste for input as a feedstock in Geleen’s polyolefins production. Scaling up of
An ice cream tub for Unilever brand Magnum is one of the first packaging applications for SABIC’s polyolefins based on chemically recycled polymers
production is planned for 2021. Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh said that the quantity of feedstock currently coming from the recycling plant is enough to use in commercial demon- stration applications, but the company is also planning to expand the
process globally and run similar units at sites in the US and elsewhere. The Trucircle initiative covers not only chemically recycled polymers, but also polymers from renewable sources and mechanically recycled waste plastics. At K2019, SABIC announced its development of PC based on certified renewable feedstock, see engineering plastics feature, page 47. �
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