Closed-Loop Recycling Practices

More manufacturers, retailers, and brands are embracing closed-loop recycling practices as concerns about climate change intensify. As the name suggests, closed-loop recycling sees the collection and recycling of post-consumer plastic waste and its repurposing for other products. However, such a process suggests the complete collaboration between consumers, retailers, and manufacturers, entailing a total transformation of the value chain.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland—where the 2020 theme was 'Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World'—SABIC announced its intention for its TRUCIRCLE™ initiative. The solution "encompasses the company’s circular materials and technologies including certified circular polymers from the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste; certified bio-based renewable polymers; new polycarbonate (PC) based on certified renewable feedstock; and mechanical recycled polymers."

SABIC is working globally to make a difference with its closed-loop recycling chain. While it is planning a semi-commercial facility in The Netherlands that can increase the production of pyrolysis oil, it is also assisting Saudi Arabia to fulfill the waste management objectives of its Saudi 2030 Vision.

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