Neste and LyondellBasell enter into long-term agreement for renewable chemicals and polymers production
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Neste and LyondellBasell have announced a long-term commercial agreement under which LyondellBasell will source Neste RE, a feedstock produced from biobased sources, such as waste and residue oils and fats.
Press release: “Neste and LyondellBasell agree on long-term commercial relationship to make polymers and chemicals from renewable feedstock more widely available to global brands”, 17/06/2021.
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- “LyondellBasell and Neste announce commercial-scale production of biobased PP and LDPE”, 20/06/2019.
- “Neste RE – Neste launches a 100% renewable and recycled raw material for plastics and chemicals production”, 01/12/2020.
The feedstock will be processed through the cracker at LyondellBasell’s Wesseling, (Germany) plant into polymers and sold under the CirculenRenew brand name. In April 2021, LyondellBasell launched the Circulen family of products. LyondellBasell’s CirculenRenew product line consist of polymers linked to renewable-based feedstocks, while polymers made from mechanically recycled materials are marketed under the brand name CirculenRecover and those linked to advanced (molecular) recycling are called CirculenRevive.
Through their collaboration, Neste and LyondellBasell are jointly contributing to the development of the European market for more sustainable polymers and chemicals solutions. By ensuring continuity with significant industrial-scale volumes of renewable polymers produced with renewable feedstock from biobased souces, the companies wish to enable sustainability-focused brands to develop more sustainable products and offerings.