Global bio-polymer producer Braskem has launched a bio-polypropylene (bio-PP) product produced from used cooking oil (UCO).
Sold under the brand name WENEW, the product was aimed at the restaurant and snack food industries, the company said on 16 September.
“Our bio-circular PP is currently being supplied to various converters which support the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry. Ideal users include QSR chains, retail food suppliers, traditional restaurants, and snack food companies, especially those seeking to enhance circularity from their cooking oil usage,” Braskem America Polyolefins vice president Bill Diebold said.
The bio-PP was suitable for a range of applications, including food packaging, flexible packaging (such as films) and consumer goods, Diebold said.
Braskem said it had partnered with several suppliers in the value chain who, through their production facilities, convert bio-circular feedstock into polypropylene, creating a sustainable loop.
The company has set out a plan to reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Founded in 2002 following the integration of six companies from the Odebrecht Organization and the Mariani Group, Braskem is one of the leading global producers of thermoplastic resins.
Active in more than 71 countries, Braskem has business units in Brazil, the USA, Mexico, Europe and Asia.
With a portfolio of petrochemicals and thermoplastics, including polyethylene (PE), green polyethylene (biopolymer), polypropylene (PP) and PVC, the company’s products are used in the food packaging, home furniture, industrial and automobile components, paints and coatings sectors and others.
