Unlock the Value of CirculenRecover

Plastics make modern society possible and often are a more sustainable material than alternatives. LyondellBasell recognizes the challenges of plastic waste and is launching products that help customers achieve circularity in their use of plastic packaging by increasing usage of recycled content and diverting more plastic from landfill or incineration.

We are committed to producing and marketing at least two million metric tons of recycled and renewable based polymers annually by 2030.

We are advancing technologies and innovations that will help eliminate plastic waste and maximize the value of plastics by keeping these resources in use for as long as possible.

Polyethylene and Polypropylene products containing Post Consumer Resin (PCR) for the following applications:

LyondellBasell launches new product grades of CirculenRecover in North America

LyondellBasell announced the launch of eight new product compounds under the CirculenRecover portfolio. These products can help customers achieve circularity in their use of plastic packaging by increasing usage of recycled content and diverting more plastic from landfill or incineration. 

"With the new CirculenRecover product compounds, customers focused on applications such as blown film or caps and closures are able to deliver high-quality products while reaching their sustainability goals. As we continue to innovate our products and solutions, we focus on the needs of our customers while striving to progress the circular value chain." - Wisdom Dzotsi, senior director, Circular & Low Carbon Solutions Americas for LyondellBasell 

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Circulen Family of Sustainable Solutions

Through its Circulen polymer portfolio, LyondellBasell enables brand owners to address multiple packaging sustainability and circularity challenges. From mechanical and advanced recycling solutions that divert plastic from landfills to renewable-based solutions that offer greenhouse gas (GHG) emission benefits, the Circulen polymer portfolio offers the industry’s broadest range of sustainable packaging solutions.

CirculenRecover Used in a wide variety of industrial, household and consumer product applications, CirculenRecover products are made from plastic waste through a mechanical recycling process. This type of recycling upgrades plastic waste into usable materials through mechanical processes including sorting, washing, grinding, melting and forming new pellets. The resulting polymers can also be blended or compounded with traditional fossil-based products, providing customers with high-quality polymers with an optimal balance of performance characteristics and recycled content.

CirculenRevive Products are made using an advanced recycling process to convert plastic waste back to its molecular level. The resulting pyrolysis oil is then used as a feedstock in our conventional production processes to produce new polymers. A broad range of plastics can be recycled using this process including hard-to-recycle items such as mixed materials, composites, multilayer and flexible plastics. The advanced recycled feedstock is mixed with conventional feedstocks in our process, and allocated to CirculenRevive products using a mass balance approach certified according to the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS standard. These polymers can be used in highly regulated applications such as food contact and healthcare.

CirculenRenew Offering a lower carbon footprint than fossil-based polymers, CirculenRenew products are sourced from renewable feedstocks, namely bio-based wastes and residual oils, such as used cooking oils. These feedstocks are used in our conventional production processes along with conventional feedstocks, and are allocated to CirculenRenew products using an ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance approach. These polymers can also be used in highly regulated applications such as food contact and healthcare.

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Unlock the value of CirculenRecover

LyondellBasell is investing across the value chain – from collection to offtake to production – to ensure the reliable supply of high-quality feedstock necessary to deliver meaningful circular and low carbon solutions to our customers.

Our CirculenRecover grades are specifically designed to fulfill the unique needs of multiple stakeholders across your organization while also addressing the most pressing demands of your customers and consumers.

Procurement:

• Long term supply contracts
• Reliable feedstock supply

Technology:

A Single Pellet Solution offers benefits over dry blends

• Regulatory/product safety assessment
• Higher PCR incorporation
• Improved product consistency
• Lower gels

Operations:

• Carefully tested and screened to ensure quality and consistency of raw materials
• Performance characteristics of existing virgin resins

Customer Service:

• Robust Product Stewardship process
• Complete package of solutions with virgin, PCR, and masterbatch offerings

Marketing/ Sales

Helps meet customer and consumer demand for PCR content, landfill diversion, and lower GHG emissions

• Collaboration across the value chain
• Responsibly sourced polymers

ISCC Plus Certification

To ensure the integrity of our Circulen products, we offer third-party ISCC PLUS certification. This approach verifies our processes meet sustainability and traceability requirements throughout the supply chain. ISCC PLUS certification is a globally recognized system for providing traceability of recycled and renewable-based materials and verifies that mass balance accounting follows predefined and transparent rules. Customers can use these certificates to verify compliance with sustainability and traceability requirements.

Using a certified mass balance approach enables us to track how much advanced recycled and renewable-based source material goes into the production process, and then attribute this material to the final Circulen polymer via a Sustainability Declaration. In addition to the ISCC PLUS certification, LyondellBasell offers a Carbon-14 analysis for CirculenRenew products. Carbon-14 analysis is a reliable method to determine the percentage of renewable content in a physical product.

Our ISCC Plus Certified Sites

France: Berre | Fos-sur-Mer

Germany: Frankfurt | Münchsmünster | Kerpen | Knapsack | Wesseling (cracker)

Italy: Brindisi | Ferrara

Netherlands: Botlek | Maasvlakte | Moerdijk | Rotterdam

Spain: Tarragona

United Kingdom: Carrington

United States: Clinton | Lake Charles | Channelview | LaPorte

North America CirculenRecover Product Grades

To learn more about CirculenRecover grades available in Europe, please access our Product Selection Guide.

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