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Source: Packaging Strategies
ISOFlex, a prominent player in consumer products, is utilizing this certified circular material to manufacture packaging films, which is instrumental in achieving its internal sustainability objectives. This collaboration exemplifies the industry’s increasing shift towards high-performance circular solutions.
This collaboration underscores Shell Polymers’ ability to meet the real-world demands of converters seeking circular solutions, including certified circular resin. Our ISCC PLUS certified materials help customers like ISOFlex deliver traceable and functional solutions that make it possible for more end markets to access recycled plastic.
Ryan Siegfried, Global Marketing Manager at Shell Polymers
From its facility in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Shell Polymers provides ISOFlex with ISCC PLUS certified circular polyethylene. This virgin-quality resin comes with a certificate attesting to its circular attributes, ensuring a traceable chain of custody through a mass balance approach that is rigorously audited by third-party agencies in accordance with ISCC PLUS standards. This meticulous process allows converters like ISOFlex to create high-quality film products while fostering the transition to a circular economy.
Coveris has expanded its MonoFlexLite E portfolio—made with a single-layer polyethylene material—to include a recyclable solution with up to 45% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content, specifically engineered for wet wipe and cosmetics applications.
A Penteadora SA has successfully started up a complete mechanical textile recycling line and a needlepunch nonwoven line supplied by ANDRITZ at its production site in Unhais da Serra, Portugal.
The European Commission has adopted new EU-wide rules establishing the first official methodology for calculating, verifying, and reporting chemically recycled content in single-use plastic beverage bottles, primarily those made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Part of the Commission's broader plastics package, the initiative aims to create a transparent, level playing field and provide critical investment security for the European plastics recycling sector.