3 May 2023
Materials introduced following ISCC Plus certification of Dutch site at Geleen
Vienna – Borealis has introduced new circular plastomers and elastomers based on renewable feedstock, the Austrian-headquartered materials supplier has announced.
The Bornewables line is part of Borealis’ Queo range of polyolefin plastomers and elastomers, said to bridge the performance gap between plastics and elastomers.
The launch follows the achievement of ISCC+ certification for Borealis’ Geleen, The Netherlands production site for the Queo portfolio.
The new grades offer “the same material performance as fossil-based polyolefins,” according to a 2 May statement from the Vienna-based company.
Applications for the plastomers and elastomers include automotive, flexible and rigid packaging, housewares, and wire & cables.
According to Borealis, the Bornewables feedstock is derived “solely from waste and residue streams”.
These, it said, include vegetable oil products as well as oil waste and residues — for instance, used cooking oil.
ISCC+ is based on a mass balance approach, a chain-of-custody model that enables verifying sustainable content from feedback through to finished product.
Borealis acquired the Geleen site, formerly DEX Plastomers, from DSM Nederland BV and ExxonMobil Benelux Holdings BV in 2013.
With a combined capacity of 120 kilotonnes per annum, the site houses two production lines: for metallocene plastomers and Ziegler-Natta linear low density polyethylenes.
Image: Copyright Borealis
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