Greiner Packaging has adopted the use of LyondellBasell’s CirculenRevive polymers for the production of coffee capsules for Nestlé’s Nescafé Dolce Gusto coffee machines.
The polymers, based on feedstock derived from advanced recycled post-consumer waste plastics materials, meet the strict requirements of the food industry and contribute to lowering the CO2 footprint of the products, thus offering an environmental value proposition to brand owners around the world.
The company has announced its ambition to producing and marketing two million metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030. Its Circulen product family supports the reduction of plastic waste through the use of recycled content, and a lower carbon footprint through the use of renewable-based content as compared to feedstock from fossil-based sources.
Both the LyondellBasell site and Greiner Packaging facility involved are ISCC PLUS certified, providing traceability along the supply chain.
Using a mass balance approach, the company tracks how much advanced recycled material goes into the production process of its CirculenRevive products and can attribute the recycled content to the final polymer via a Sustainability Declaration.
“CirculenRevive polymers help to address at scale the challenge of hard-to-recycle plastics,” said Richard Roudeix, LyondellBasell Senior Vice President of Olefins and Polyolefins for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. “The advanced recycling technology can utilise used mixed plastic, which allows for larger volumes of plastic waste to return back into the value chain that would otherwise be destined for energy recovzery or landfill. At the same time, these polymers have the same characteristics and high quality as fossil-based materials.”
“With cooperations like this we are confident that, in the near future, we will succeed in realizing a circular economy, together as an industry,” added Manfred Stanek, CEO of Greiner Packaging.
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Greiner Packaging is a leading European manufacturer of plastic packaging in the food and nonfood sectors. The company employs a workforce of nearly 4,900 at more than 30 locations in 19 countries around the world. In 2020, the company generated annual sales revenues of EUR 692 million (including joint ventures), which represents approximately 35 percent of Greiner’s total sales.