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There is a strong push globally to develop so-called circular polymers or materials that use a variety of sourcing, production and advanced recycling methods to minimize their carbon footprint and overall environmental impact. And several organizations exist to tackle the task of certifying that such claims are true, to reassure those who use these resins.<\/p>\n

ISCC System GmbH in Cologne, Germany, oversees one of the best-known systems \u2013\u2013 International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (www.iscc-system.org<\/a>). It is a globally applicable sustainability certification system that covers all sustainable feedstocks, including agricultural and forestry biomass, circular materials and renewables, based on advanced-recycling\u00a0mass balance. Mass balance accounting, meanwhile, is a well-known approach designed to trace the flow of materials through a complex value chain. By documenting and tracking recycled content from supplier through to final delivery to customers, the mass balance approach provides a set of rules for how to allocate the bio-based and\/or recycled content to different products to be able to claim and market the content as \u2018bio\u2019-based or \u2018recycled\u2019-based.<\/p>\n

Industry players are issuing press releases virtually every week to announce new advances in the circularity of their polymers. Here are just a few notable recent ones.<\/p>\n

Reclaiming \u2018techno-polymers\u2019 from EVs<\/h3>\n

\"CarE-ServiceRadiciGroup High Performance Polymers <\/strong>is participating in a project called CarE-Service, which\u00a0aims to demonstrate\u00a0innovative circular economy business models\u00a0based on\u00a0advanced mobility services exploiting\u00a0hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs). Such business models will entail re-use, remanufacturing and recycling of components and materials of hybrid and electric vehicles for applications in the automotive sector as well as in other sectors. Italy\u2019s Radici is the only engineering polymer producer participating in the project, which began in 2018 and is coordinated by the National Research Council of Italy.<\/p>\n

On its website<\/a>, the group refers to “techno-polymers” as key target materials. Given their lightweight and metal-replacement capabilities, typical components made from such engineering resins include air intake manifolds, gear shift housings, bumpers, valve covers, engine covers, wheel covers, etc. They estimate that in each small EV, such components account for a value of about 200 euros.<\/p>\n

The group has performed quantitative feasibility studies on polyamide recovered from automotive components. The parts have been dismantled from end-of-life cars, properly treated, and then recompounded. The aim of the project is to produce\u00a0engineering polymers\u00a0using secondary raw materials obtained from\u00a0end-of-life parts\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>to obtain performance comparable to that of engineering polymers made with virgin raw materials. In July, RadiciGroup posted this video<\/a> explaining its involvement in the project. It shows how\u00a0engineering polymers can be manufactured from recycled materials\u00a0<\/strong>and still deliver performance comparable to engineering polymers from virgin raw materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process is anything but simple,\u201d notes\u00a0Riccardo Galeazzi, CAE analyst, post-consumer product manager of RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers MKT and Tech Service, \u201cbut it is made possible by our over 40 years of experience in recovering materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Climate-neutral polycarbonate <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jochen Hardt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Germany\u2019s Covestro AG<\/a> also is focused on helping to enable a more circular automotive industry. “Our aim is to introduce the world’s first climate-neutral polycarbonate (PC) plastics this year,”\u00a0proclaims Jochen Hardt, the firm\u2019s vice president of global marketing mobility. “This is an important step in achieving our vision of becoming fully circular.\u201d<\/p>\n

The polycarbonates are climate neutral “from the cradle to the factory gate” thanks to the introduction of raw materials sourced from mass-balanced biowaste and residues, as well as renewable energy accumulated during the production process. Covestro is already offering ISCC-Plus-certified polycarbonates, which are attributed to renewable raw materials using the mass balance approach and enable a considerable reduction in the carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

By incorporating renewable energy, Covestro says it will probably fully reduce carbon dioxide (CO\u2082) emissions from the cradle to the factory gate for these selected products. The products have the same high quality and performance as fossil-based polycarbonates and are a drop-in replacement without having to change existing processes or workflows.<\/p>\n

\"\"Separately, Covestro has collaborated with partners to develop polyurethane (PU) raw materials in which up to 20% of the petroleum-based raw materials previously used are replaced by CO\u2082 gas. Applications of such polyols, called Cardyon\u00ae<\/sup>, are currently being developed in the automotive sector, as well. Partially bio-based precursors for automotive clear coatings from the firm\u2019s Desmodur\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0N<\/a> range also contribute to circularity as alternative raw materials.<\/p>\n

Covestro says it has agreed to supply H.B. Fuller, one of the world’s largest makers of industrial adhesives, with a raw material that has an attributed share of renewable feedstock via mass-balance. The mass-balanced PU raw material is ISCC-Plus certified and is to be used in a reactive hot-melt adhesive from H.B. Fuller, where it will replace a proportion of the previous fossil raw materials. It is mainly used in the automotive, wood, composite, and textile industries.<\/p>\n

Renewable feedstocks for making PC …<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bales of collected post-consumer mixed plastic, ready to be upcycled. (Courtesy of SABIC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SABIC<\/a>, the Saudi Arabia-based petrochemical giant, has announced that its Functional Forms plant in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands, has been accredited under the ISCC-Plus scheme for providing a new range of <\/span>Lexan<\/a>\u2122 polycarbonate film and sheet products based on certified renewable feedstock. The firm adds that its new film and sheet product offering \u201cconnects with the company\u2019s existing TruCircle\u2122 initiative and responds to a globally growing demand for further sustainable material solutions in an increasingly more circular plastics economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For SABIC, this means that for each ton of renewable or circular feedstock fed into the production process and substituting fossil-based feedstock, approximately one ton of the output material can be classified as either renewable or circular.<\/p>\n

SABIC also recently launched what it claims to be the industry\u2019s first certified circular PC resin and blends made from the upcycling of post-consumer mixed plastic. These products are based on advanced recycling and, according to an internal SABIC life cycle analysis, offer a potential carbon footprint reduction of up to 23% in comparison to its incumbent. Through a process called pyrolysis, difficult-to-recycle used plastic is broken down into a liquid called pyrolysis oil. This is then used as a feedstock to create certified circular building blocks for high-performance plastics with the same properties as the virgin material \u2013\u2013 in this case, polycarbonate. The circular PC resin produced in this manner diverts waste material that otherwise could be destined for incineration or landfill, SABIC says.<\/p>\n

… and for making ABS resin <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Belgium-based Indaver, a sustainable waste management company, and German styrenics producer INEOS Styrolution<\/a> this summer said they had produced the first ABS resin made with a styrene component that is based on recycled feedstock. They are calling the resulting material\u00a0 ABrS. The production of ABrS marks a significant milestone in the project, according to INEOS. The project is funded by the EU LIFE program, the European Union\u2019s funding instrument for the environment and resource efficiency.<\/p>\n

INEOS Styrolution produced the first 10 kilograms of ABrS at its laboratory in Cologne, Germany. The firm\u2019s R&D partner, Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH, subsequently processed the material. Initial testing at the INEOS lab in Cologne did not reveal any measurable differences to native material.<\/p>\n

Production of ABrS is said to offer up to 30% lower greenhouse gas footprint compared to production of native ABS. Petra Inghelbrecht, project leader for the ABSolutely Circular<\/a> research program, said: “The first production of ABrS at lab scale is a successful proof of concept. With the upcoming construction of a polystyrene recycling plant and an ABrS mini-plant in Antwerp becoming operational, we will be able to make another significant step forward towards the production of ABS from recycled feedstock at commercial scale.”<\/p>\n

DSM, Neste partner on feedstock development<\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal DSM and Finland\u2019s Neste Oyj are partnering to help DSM Engineering Materials<\/a> start replacing a significant portion of the fossil feedstock used to date in the manufacture of its high-performance polymers portfolio with feedstock produced from recycled waste plastics and\/or 100% bio-based hydrocarbons. These polymers are used, for example, in the automotive, electronics and packaging industries. The aim is to replace several thousand tons of fossil feedstock in the production of polymers with alternative, sustainable feedstock, such as bio-based and waste plastic-based hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n

Neste produces its bio-based hydrocarbons entirely from renewable raw materials, such as waste and residue oils and fats. For the production of waste-plastic-derived feedstock, Neste says it focuses on plastics that cannot be mechanically recycled and have previously been directed to incineration and landfilling.<\/p>\n

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DSM\u2019s partnership with Sympatex Technologies has resulted in mass-balanced, bio-based Arnitel\u00ae TPEs finding use in sports apparel. (Courtesy of Sympatex\u00ae Technologies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Separately, DSM Engineering Materials business has with Sympatex Technologies to launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel\u00ae<\/a>, a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). DSM manufactures its bio-based Arnitel\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0with bio-based feedstock using a mass-balance approach. The end product contains more than 25% bio-based content by weight. Sympatex uses Arnitel\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0to manufacture its waterproof, windproof, and breathable membranes for sports applications. The transition to bio-based feedstock will maintain the functional properties of Arnitel\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0while enabling Sympatex to easily shift to a more sustainable solution with a lower carbon footprint without having to requalify materials.<\/p>\n

Berry Healthcare plants gain accreditation <\/strong><\/p>\n

Further downstream, meanwhile, packaging giant Berry Global Inc. announced recently that its two\u00a0Berry Healthcare\u00a0facilities in Italy have achieved ISCC-Plus accreditation. This allows the sites to sell to healthcare customers ISCC-Plus-certified\u00a0packaging\u00a0and plastic\u00a0components\u00a0that contribute to a\u00a0circular economy approach based on advanced recycling and mass balance. Berry says that certification of the two Italian factories \u2013\u2013\u00a0in Osnago and Sirone \u2013\u2013\u00a0is in line with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation\u2019s view that mass balance is an important element in the move to a circular economy.<\/p>\n

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