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Honeywell Introduces Technology for The Production of Feedstock
for Plastics
ards. The UOP Ecofining process is used
in most 100%-biofeed units producing
renewable diesel – and all of the licensed
renewable jet fuel production – in the
world today. UOP currently has licensed
23 Ecofining units in eleven countries
around the world, processing 12 dif-
ferent types of renewable feedstocks. .
"We are actively engaged with custom-
ers to drive new technology adoption,
as renewable petrochemical feedstocks
oneywell has announced that it ing materials. Honeywell UOP jointly have grown in interest as consumers
Hhas introduced a new solution developed the process with Eni SpA. It prefer more bio-basedproducts," said
for producing renewable naphtha for converts non-edible vegetable oils and Ben Owens, Vice President and Gen-
petrochemical production using the animal fats to Honeywell green diesel, eral Manager, Honeywell Sustainable
commercially proven Honeywell UOP which offers improved performance Technology Solutions. "We see renew-
Ecofining™ technology. The new path- over biodiesel and petroleum-based die- able naphtha produced from the UOP
way can produce high yield of naphtha sel. The process produces diesel with a Ecofining process as a proven solution
from sustainable feedstocks like used cetane value of 80, substantially higher available today to help petrochemical
cooking oil and animal fats. Naphtha is than the 40-to-60 cetane diesel com- producers reduce the carbon footprint
a valuable petrochemical feedstock used monly used in diesel engines today. As of their products compared to using
in the production of plastics, specifically a result, this higher-cetane diesel fuel petroleum-based feeds." Naphtha is tra-
olefins that are building blocks for other provides better engine performance and ditionally derived from crude oil and
chemicals and aromatics that are used can be blended with cheaper low-cetane natural gas condensates but can now be
to produce polyester and other packag- diesel to meet transportation fuel stand- produced from renewable feedstocks.

Braskem adds PCR Polypropylene Grades to Polymer Portfolio

packaging. The material is suitable for America. “Not only will Braskem’s new
food retail and foodservice trays, coffee PCR polypropylene grades help our
lids and several other packaging prod- clients meet their commitments for re-
ucts. Braskem’s PCR Polypropylene – cycled content in FDA food-contact
Caps and Closures (C&C) grade also markets, where PCR solutions are lim-
contains 25% post-consumer recycled ited today, these developments will also
content and adheres to the require- keep us on track to reach our goals of
ments for some FDA food contact ap- providing 300,000t of thermoplastic
plications. This material can be used resins and chemicals with recycled con-
raskem has added two new polypro- for manufacturing injection moulded tent by 2025 and one million tonnes of
Bpylene (PP) grades with post-con- caps and closures for various markets, thermoplastic resins and chemicals with
sumer recycled (PCR) content to its cir- including food and beverage, health, recycled content by 2030.”Braskem pro-
cular polymer portfolio. The company’s hygiene and cosmetics. Braskem North duces polyolefins in North and South
PCR Polypropylene – Thermoforming America sustainability director Geof- America and markets biopolymers on an
grade includes 25% post-consumer re- frey Inch said: “Today’s announcement industrial scale. Earlier this month, the
cycled content and fulfils some of the is another milestone in Braskem’s jour- company invested in waste management
US Food and Drug Administration’s ney to a carbon neutral circular econo- and energy production company Nexus
(FDA) requirements for food contact my and reinforces our commitment to Circular as part of its efforts to expedite
applications such as high-temperature polypropylene as the PP leader in North the advanced recycling of plastic.

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