KUALA LUMPUR: Global chemical company, LyondellBasell (LYB), has introduced an innovative flexible packaging solution for Marabou chocolate bars, developed in collaboration with Mondelez International, Amcor, Taghleef Industries, and other industry players.
Using LYB CirculenRevive polymers with 100 per cent attributed recycled content through an ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance approach, Mondelez is now able to offer packaging made from 75 per cent recycled content.
According to LYB in a statement, the solution helps transform hard-to-recycle post-consumer mixed plastic waste into high-quality materials suitable for food packaging.
“Our collaboration with Mondelez illustrates our shared vision for the future and highlights our ability to provide innovative, high-quality circular solutions tailored to demanding specifications.
“We are committed to making circular and low-carbon solutions work for businesses while creating solutions for everyday sustainable living,” said LYB’s Executive Vice-President, Sustainable Solutions and Technology Business, Yvonne van der Laan.
As part of its circular solutions strategy, LYB plans to supply future polymers for Marabou packaging through MoReTec-1, its first commercial-scale catalytic chemical recycling plant under construction in Wesseling, Germany.
Once operational, the facility will strengthen access to circular feedstock within LYB’s integrated ecosystem, connecting advanced sorting and recycling infrastructure with the company’s existing crackers and polymerisation assets.
MoReTec-1 is designed to produce 50,000 metric tonnes of feedstock annually for use in LYB’s existing production units, enabling the manufacture of recycled polymers.
The collaboration brings together companies across the packaging value chain, with LYB supplying the circular polymers, Taghleef Industries producing the base film, and Amcor converting the material into the final flexible packaging solution for Mondelez.
LYB said the initiative reflects growing demand from brand owners for high-performance circular polymers that support recycled-content targets while meeting the quality requirements for flexible food packaging. – BERNAMA
