Case studies

Case studies share the innovations taking place in our industry in areas that span circularity, climate, sustainable use, innovation, and plastics and health.

Circularity Innovation

Borealis

A case study in chemical recycling

A four-way collaboration addresses the challenge of recycling hard-to-recycle plastic waste using innovative chemical recycling technology.

Circularity

Covestro

Recyclable food packaging contributes to a lower carbon footprint

How do you balance the need to keep food fresh, safe and optimal while recognizing that every piece of packaging has the potential to add to growing volumes of non-recyclable waste? Finding an eco-friendly alternative that maintains the necessary properties for food packaging while enabling recyclability is crucial for reducing the environmental impact of packaging waste. Covestro may have found the answer.

Circularity

Dow

Dow’s commitment to advanced recycling of plastics sees the scaling-up of technology

We need to do things differently to move towards a circular plastics economy. Dow shows how partnership and collaboration can help to drive and embed new technologies.

Circularity Innovation

Braskem

A collaboration to transform hard-to-recycle waste into new products that are 100% recyclable

Thanks to patented technology, a new waste-to-parts process has been able to transform hard-to-recycle plastics into practical and valuable products – giving a new lease of life to waste materials. This innovative approach brings waste that would have previously gone to incineration or landfill into a circular plastics loop and reduces the need for virgin feedstock. It’s a more sustainable approach that results in less raw material use and emissions generated.

Circularity

Borealis

Reducing carbon footprints with Borealis Bornewables™’ ISCC Plus Certified Polyolefins

Borealis is replacing traditional feedstock with a sustainable alternative for the production of plastic applications, thanks to the launch of its Bornewables™ portfolio of circular polyolefin products. The Bornewables™ are manufactured with second-generation renewable feedstock derived solely from waste and residue streams, for example, from vegetable oil production; the paper and pulp industry; or used cooking oil.

Sustainable use

Schwarz Produktion

A closed-loop system for recycled plastic bottles saves materials and CO2

Investment in the plastics recycling process by Schwarz Produktion has resulted in the first bottle-to-bottle closed-loop system, reducing raw material use and carbon emissions.

Enabling a sustainable future

The Plastics Transition

Case studies

Borealis

A case study in chemical recycling

Covestro

Recyclable food packaging contributes to a lower carbon footprint

Dow

Dow’s commitment to advanced recycling of plastics sees the scaling-up of technology

Braskem

A collaboration to transform hard-to-recycle waste into new products that are 100% recyclable

Borealis

Reducing carbon footprints with Borealis Bornewables™’ ISCC Plus Certified Polyolefins

Schwarz Produktion

A closed-loop system for recycled plastic bottles saves materials and CO2