US – BASF TotalEnergies Petrochemicals facility, a 60/40 joint venture between BASF and TotalEnergies based in Port Arthur, Texas – has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS).
The two companies say that this recognition highlights their efforts to develop advanced recycling processes to recover waste and residues that can be turned into feedstock for circular plastics, chemical intermediates and consumer-facing products such as packaging and housewares.
ISCC Plus is an international certification program that secures the chain of custody and traceability along the value chain from feedstock to final product, allowing companies to demonstrate their responsible approach to sustainable development for circular materials.
“This certification is a recognition of the progress we are making to tackle the issue of plastic waste through the development of advanced plastic recycling,” said Valerie Goff, TotalEnergies Senior Vice President of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals.
“Through innovative solutions and strategic partnerships, TotalEnergies seeks to contribute to a new value chain by increasing the supply of products offering identical properties as virgin feedstock and to meet its ambition to produce 30 percent circular polymers by 2030.”
Mary Kurian, Senior Vice President of petrochemicals at BASF, added: “At BASF, we aim to move toward a more circular economy by increasingly using recycled and renewable feedstocks, shaping new material cycles and creating new business models.
“This certification supports our journey towards a circular economy and highlights how advanced recycling technologies add value to the environment, society and economy.”
Meanwhile, in September, BAFS inked a deal with ARCUS on the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste.
Under the agreement, the two companies will leverage their expertise to drive a circular economy and reduce CO2 emissions.
The ARCUS process demonstration unit is the first of its kind on a commercial scale in Germany and produces pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste that is not recycled mechanically.
Daniel Odenthal, Chief Operating Officer of ARCUS Greencycling Technologies said: “With the guaranteed purchase of the oil produced, ARCUS can build further plants with higher capacity and thus make a significant contribution to closing material cycles together with BASF.”
This agreement allows BASF to expand its ChemCycling business, which focuses on the chemical recycling of non-recycled post-consumer plastic waste on an industrial scale.
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