MOSCOW (MRC) -- Sabic says that Beiersdorf (Hamburg, Germany), a skin-care specialist, will be using certified renewable polypropylene (PP) from Sabic’s portfolio of second-generation bio-based materials to package its cosmetic products, as per the company's press release.
The new packaging products will be introduced in the market in 2021 and replace fossil-based virgin PP, the company says. Sabic’s certified renewable PP and polyethylene (PE) materials are derived from animal-free and palm-oil-free second-generation renewable feedstock, it says.
“The use of renewable raw materials in our product packaging represents a major lever for us to reduce our carbon emissions and improve our ecological footprint,” says Michael Becker, head/global packaging development at Beiersdorf. The company wants to make its packaging 100% refillable, reusable, or recyclable; increase the share of recycled material in plastic packaging to 30%; and reduce the use of fossil-based virgin plastic by 50% compared with 2019, by 2025, Sabic says.
From sourcing the raw feedstock to producing the polymers, each ton of Sabic’s bio-based PP and PE reduces CO2 emissions by an average of 4 kilograms compared with fossil-based virgin alternatives, the company says. It also cuts fossil depletion by up to 80%, according to a cradle-to-gate life-cycle analysis, Sabic says.
As MRC reported earlier, responding to calls from major brands in the consumer electronics business and electrics and electronics (E&E) industry as a whole for more sustainable materials, SABIC has announced that its engineering thermoplastics business is expanding its portfolio of CYCOLOY and LEXAN resins containing high levels of post-consumer recycled material (PCR). Typical applications for the portfolio will include consumer electronics and accessories such as chargers and adapters, printers, copiers and laptop housing.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 1,760,950 tonnes in the first ten months of 2020, up by 3% year on year. Only high density polyethylene (HDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) shipments increased. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market reached 978,870 tonnes in January-October 2020 (calculated using the formula: production minus exports plus imports minus producers' inventories as of 1 January, 2020). Supply of exclusively of PP random copolymer increased.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) ranks among the world's top petrochemical companies. The company is among the world's market leaders in the production of polyethylene, polypropylene and other advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers.
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