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TotalEnergies has joined Nextloopp, an initiative of 48 companies in the plastics value chain that aims to produce food-grade recycled polymers.
Nextloopp was launched by Nextek Ltd. in October 2020 with the aim of providing high-quality produce recycled polypropylene that is suitable for food-grade applications and is made from used packaging material.
The project uses a new technology to efficiently and cost-effectively sort food-grade polypropylene (PP) from waste material and then decontaminate the polymer to fulfil the strict standards for food quality.
TotalEnergies is committed to the development of a circular plastics economy and wants to to satisfy the growing customer demand for high-quality recycled polymers. In this context, TotalEnergies is also using the new technology partnership to accelerate projects for advanced mechanical recycling and to further expand the range of its RE:use polymers containing mechanically recycled raw materials.
„This initiative will enable us to develop further technologies for the production of food-grade recycled material and expand our options for projects that contribute to our goal of producing 30 per cent recyclable polymers by 2030“
Nathalie Brunelle, Senior Vice President Polymers at TotalEnergies
Professor Edward Kosior, founder and CEO of Nextek Ltd and Nextloopp, adds: „The entire Nextloopp project is strengthened, when TotalEnergies brings its extensive technical expertise in the development of closed-loop solutions for PP resins to the programme.“
Source: Total energies
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