
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.
