SABIC
Pyrolysis oil used for certified circular polymers / Production in Saudi Arabia said to be first in MENA
Saudi resin maker Sabic (Riyadh; www.sabic.com) said it has become the first company in the Middle East and North Africa to use chemically recycled feedstock made of waste plastics to produce ISCC Plus-certified circular polymers.
The type and amount of plastics produced were not disclosed.
The type and amount of plastics produced were not disclosed.
 The polymers are made with pyrolysis oil from the Satorp refinery in Jubail (Photo: Aramco/TotalEnergies) |
Sabic said its Saudi-based Petrokemya subsidiary in Jubail made the polymers with pyrolysis oil supplied by Saudi Aramco (Dhahran; www.saudiaramco.com) and TotalEnergies (Paris; www.totalenergies.com) manufactured at their Satorp refinery, also in Jubail.
Sabic said the project is a step toward creating a domestic value chain for advanced recycling of plastics to circular polymers in Saudi Arabia. The process allows the use of non-sorted plastics, which can be difficult to recycle mechanically, and consequently contributes to solving the challenge of end-of-life plastics, it explained.
21.07.2023 Plasteurope.com [253270-0]
Published on 21.07.2023