India-based Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), one of the largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex, is venturing into chemical recycling to convert plastic scrap-based pyrolysis oil into International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC)-Plus certified Circular Polymers, according to its press statement. RIL shipped its first batch of ISCC-Plus certified Circular Polymers, named CircuRepol™ (Polypropylene) and CircuRelene™ (Polyethylene).
RIL's Jamnagar refinery has received the ISCC-Plus certification to produce Circular Polymers through chemical recycling. The ISCC-Plus certification guarantees that traceability and rules are followed in making Circular Polymers.
According to the statement, the RIL has developed a technology that turns different types of plastic waste, including single-use and multi-layered plastics, into pyrolysis oil. The company is working with trusted partners to increase the production of this oil and turn the yield into Circular Polymers.
Reliance Industries begin chemical recycling of plastic waste into certified polymers
RIL's Jamnagar refinery has received the ISCC-Plus certification to produce Circular Polymers through chemical recycling.