Westlake Vinnolit Unveils GreenVin Circular PVC Made From Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Waste

Westlake Vinnolit reveals GreenVin circular PVC

Westlake Vinnolit is boosting the boundaries of sustainable plastics with the announcement of GreenVin circular-attributed PVC, accompanying its present GreenVin and GreenVin bio-accredited PVC lines. “The upcoming time is circular and low-carbon,” the firm stated, highlighting its promise to environment-friendly invention. PVC is extremely recyclable through mechanical procedures, which continue to preferred method for both environmental and economic reasons. Though, thermo-chemical recycling procedures are developing as an explanation for plastic waste that is hard to recycle and would or else end up in landfills or furnaces. Westlake Vinnolit’s new GreenVin circular-credited PVC is formed using renewable power (GOs) and circular ethylene derived from mixed plastics packaging waste that cannot be mechanically recycled. Mass-balanced as per ISCC PLUS, it offers the same goods quality as when utilizing fossil raw resources. “GreenVin circular-accredited PVC is predominantly appropriate when the application needs PVC recyclate with a quality equivalent to that of virgin resources,” the company noted, aligning it as a high-presentation, sustainable substitute for industries looking circular choices. PVC is highly recyclable mechanically, and this procedure remains the method of choice for ecological and economic reasons. Though, thermo-chemical recycling procedures are being advanced as a supplement for plastic waste that is hard to recycle and would then end up in landfills or incinerators.

Westlake Vinnolit’s GreenVin® circular-accredited PVC is formed with renewable power (GOs) and circular ethylene based on mixed plastics packaging waste, which cannot be mechanically recycled. It is mass-balanced as per ISCC PLUS and assurances the same product quality as when utilizing fossil raw resources.

GreenVin® circular-attributed PVC is mainly appropriate when the application needs PVC recyclate with a quality corresponding to that of virgin resource.

GreenVin® bio-attributed PVC is generated with renewable electricity and ISCC PLUS-certified renewable ethylene from biomass. The CO2 savings of GreenVin® bio-attributed PVC is more than 75% compared to predictably produced Vinnolit® PVC (Based on a cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) study by Sustainable AG studied by TÜV Rheinland, in agreement with the ISO 14067 standard, taking into account biogenic CO2 fixations).