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GREEN POLYMERS & CHEMICALS
Braskem inks deal to source renewable and recycled

feedstocks from Neste

Brazilian petrochemicals major, and renewable solutions, Braskem
Braskem, has announced plans to builds upon two of the most promising
source sustainable feedstocks from solutions to reduce the use of virgin
Finland’s Neste to produce circular and feedstock and to promote sustainability
bio-circular polymers and chemicals. in chemicals and plastics value chains.

The companies recently reached an Chemical recycling enables the re-
agreement for the supply of renew- cycling of those types of plastic waste
able and recycled feedstocks. Braskem that are otherwise difficult to recycle,
products based on these feedstocks are South America. Braskem will sell poly- for example multi-material or coloured
expected to be available on the market mers and chemicals made from Neste plastics. In this sense, Neste’s chemi-
starting from the fourth quarter of 2024. RE – the recycled feedstock, produced cally recycled feedstock can contribute
These products will be sold mainly in leveraging plastic waste via chemical to increasing recycling and therefore
South America and included in Braskem’s recycling, and the renewable feedstock help reduce the amount of plastic waste
Wenew product portfolio. produced by processing renewable entering the environment.
raw materials such as used cooking oil
“We are introducing a new solu- (UCO). Neste’s renewable feedstock, on the
tion that will adhere to the industry’s other hand, can help reduce greenhouse
high-quality standards while ensuring An ISCC PLUS (International Sus- gas (GHG) emissions when replacing
sustainability right from the start of tainability and Carbon Certification) fossil feedstock in the manufacturing of
the value chain. This partnership with certified mass balance approach will be plastics and chemicals. It is produced
Neste is a significant milestone in our applied to integrate the new feedstocks using renewable raw materials such
journey towards a circular economy,” into Braskem’s existing processes. as waste and residue oils and fats like
stated Ms. Fabiana Quiroga, Director UCO or residues from vegetable oil
of Circular Economy at Braskem in By combining chemically recycled processing.

CIRCULARITY IN AUTOMOTIVES
Toyoda Gosei ramping up rubber recycling capacity

at Japan site

Japan-based supplier of rubber and FY2021, using its proprietary devulc- the quality of the recycled rubber. This
plastic automotive components, Toyoda anisation technology that can recycle enables to increase the percentage of
Gosei, is doubling its rubber recycling rubber products into high quality raw recycled material mixed into new ma-
capacity at the Morimachi plant in cen- materials. The company has been reus- terial from several percent up to 20%.
tral Japan to accelerate the recycling of ing the waste material generated in the The recycled rubber will also be applied
rubber used in automobiles. While pro- production of products. in other products using the same type
gress is being made in the recycling of of synthetic rubber (ethylene propylene
resources such as steel and plastic in the A second line is now being put into diene monomer; EPDM) as the waste
automobile industry, the recycling of operation that will double the previous material. Technical development including
rubber products is difficult and almost rubber recycling capacity to 1,200-tpa. recycling natural rubber is also under-
all rubber waste is incinerated (utili- The new line, which is scheduled to way. The company further aims to esta-
sation of heat). Toyoda Gosei began start mass production in FY2025, incor- blish a recycling system that recovers
operations of its first recycling line in porates improved technology to raise rubber from end-of-life vehicles.

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