Chemical recycling

A key element of a circular plastics economy

Dr. Christoph Jäkel

Vice President, Corporate Sustainability Kepler Cheuvreux - Digital Field Trip "Raw Material Innovations" - June 2, 2021

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Our key sustainability targets

Climate protection

◼ Reduce our CO2 emissions1 by 25% by 20302 ◼ Achieve net zero CO2 emissions1 by 2050

Sustainable product portfolio

◼ Achieve €22 billion in Accelerator sales by 2025

Circular economy

◼ Process 250,000 metric tons of circular feedstock annually by 2025

◼ Double circular sales to €17 billion by 2030

We create chemistry for a sustainable future

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Scope 1 and Scope 2;

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Compared with baseline 2018

Aside from chemical recycling, we already have many products and solutions which help close or extend the plastics materials loop

Infinergy® - footwear material

Ecovio® - compostable polymer

Joncryl® MB - Resins from

extending lifetime of shoes

for agricultural mulch film

renewable raw materials

Tinuvin® NOR® 356 - light

trinamiX® - mobile spectroscopy

Petra® - polyester based on

stabilizer for increased longevity

solution to identify plastics

100% recycled PET

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Plastics production needs to adapt to a changing legislative environment

Highly efficient production of high-performance plastics

  • Optimized system over 50 years
  • Crude oil based
  • Large variety of specialized plastics for demanding applications

Chemical recycling

Challenges

  • Public pressure to reduce plastic waste (marine littering, landfill)
  • Ambitious legislation targets
    • Reduce GHG emissions
    • Increase recyclability of plastics
    • Increase recycled content in plastics

Chemical recycling can handle the challenges while maintaining process efficiencies and plastics performance

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