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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Royal DSM, a global
science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, and Clariter,
an international clean-tech company, today announced a strategic partnership to
pursue a next-generation chemical recycling solution for products based on DSM’s
Dyneema, an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber, said the
company.
As a first step, sample products - including ropes, nets and
ballistic materials made with Dyneema® - were successfully converted at
Clariter’s pilot plant in Poland, demonstrating the recyclability potential of
Dyneema® and underlining the active commitment of DSM Protective Materials to
shape a more sustainable world.
In line with its ambitious sustainability
targets, and following the successful launch of bio-based Dyneema® (mass
balance), DSM Protective Materials is actively pursuing reuse and recycling
solutions for end-of-life Dyneema®-based products. To drive technical recycling
solutions, DSM Protective Materials and Clariter partnered to test the
feasibility of using Dyneema® as a feedstock in Clariter’s chemical recycling
process. Sample products made with Dyneema® were used in Clariter’s tests at its
pilot plant in Poland. The positive results confirm the technical viability of
transforming Dyneema®-based end-products into high-value, industrial grade,
product families: oils, waxes, and solvents via Clariter’s patented 3-step
chemical recycling process. These can be further used as ingredients to
manufacture new end- and consumer products.
Moving forward, DSM
Protective Materials and Clariter will continue to drive this initiative to
shape a more sustainable world. Specifically, building on the success of the
lab-scale trial, Clariter has scheduled commercial-scale trials at its facility
in South Africa for 2021, with the aim to use Dyneema®-derived feedstock in its
full-scale European plants that will be built in the coming years. In addition,
DSM will continue to actively explore the possibilities of reducing the
environmental impact of Dyneema® across all product life stages.
As per
MRC, SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has recently collaborated with
DSM and Viscofan in the development of an innovative multi-barrier film for meat
casings. The film combines layers of a SABIC’s certified circular
polyethylene (PE) from its TRUCIRCLE portfolio and a circular polyamide (PA)
from DSM Engineering Materials in a more sustainable packaging solution without
compromising the high functional and aesthetic performance required in the fresh
food packaging market.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report,
December PE production in Russia decreased to 265,100 tonnes, whereas this
figure was at 272,800 tonnes a month earlier, as ZapSibNeftekhim decreased
its capacity utilisation in the first month of calender winter. Thus,
overall PE production reached 2,987,000 tonnes in 2020, compared to 1, 857,600
tonnes a year earlier. Production of all PE grades increased, with low density
polyethylene (LDPE) being the exception. |
