Issue 21. 2021 10 the Daily Mile 11

ISSUE 21. 2021 10 THE DAILY MILE 11

The Clean Porvoo Hydrogen Business Unit

will have its Porsgrunn headquarters INOVYN in the UK. Rafnes 14 Bamble

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Grangemouth Helsingborg

Newton Aycliffe Miszewo Salt End (Hull)

Antwerp Runcorn – Doel Our aim is to cut CO2 Northwich – Lillo East emissions across all – Lillo West INEOS sites and other – Zwijndrecht Marl Rheinberg CO European industries with the use of clean Herne 2 Schwarzheide INEOS RISES Gladbeck hydrogen. Geel Moers Feluy Ludwigshafen

Wingles Jemeppe INEOS will be Ludwigshafen ramping up Etain production of clean Sarralbe hydrogen across all

INEOS its European MANUFACTURING manufacturing sites.

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10 12The production of 1 hydrogen based on electrolysis, powered by TO THE ONLINE Tavazzano zero carbon electricity, HYDROGEN will provide ﬂexibility and 1.008 storage capacity for heat Lavéra and power, chemicals and Subscribe to INCH Rosignano transport markets. Bilbao magazine and Súria Martorell

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2020 may be a year for the history books but the APP STORE Get the INEOS INCH APP challenges are not over yet. The world is still trying on your mobile or tablet for all the latest news. to fight its way out of this pandemic – and INEOS remains committed to playing its part. 18 20

In this edition of INCH, we look back to INEOS’ crucial decision last FACEBOOK year to close ranks to protect staff and keep the flow of essential Like us on Facebook to chemicals needed to fight COVID-19. receive live updates: facebook.com/INEOS And we also look forward to what we can do, despite all the current difficulties. It’s inspiring stuff.

In January INEOS donated £100miilion to fund a new institute in the UK to help combat one of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges - anti-microbial resistance. 22 26

At the Port of Antwerp INEOS has pledged to beat targets set by the EU for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

It is channeling its energy and expertise into a new hydrogen

business with the sole aim of cutting CO2 emissions.

It is working with car maker Hyundai to give hydrogen a chance to power the global economy of the future – and considering its PRODUCTION Challenge of suitability for its new 4 x 4, The Grenadier. Editor: Richard Longden, INEOS 04 a lifetime 20 Keeping the lights on Articles by: Sue Briggs-Harris Britannia facts And it has acquired BP’s chemical businesses to complete the Design: Peter McMonagle, 06 parker-design.co.uk missing pieces of its chemistry set to create INEOS Acetyls 07 Elaine does the honours 22 Shaping the future and Aromatics. Publisher: INEOS AG Editorial address: INCH, INEOS AG, Dispensing INEOS-owned INOVYN, meanwhile, has joined a consortium that Avenue des Uttins 3, 1180 Rolle, The rise of the Switzerland with tradition will play a leading role in the fight against climate change, and it is 08 superbug 24 Email: [email protected] also involved in a Swedish project to prove fossil-free construction is Photography: INEOS AG© possible by providing it with a new generation of PVC made from a Why the world needs INEOS accepts no responsibility Perfect partners residue of the wood pulp process, instead of purely gas and oil. for the opinions or information 10 a clean break 26 contained in this publication. While Its newest business, INEOS Hygienics, has also wasted no time the information in this publication is intended to be accurate, no It's time for a new in gaining the trust of the public in its new range of hospital-grade representation of accuracy or industrial revolution completeness is made. 12 hand sanitisers. © INEOS AG 2020 It has also turned the humble hand sanitiser dispenser into a stylish gadget that will look good in the smartest of shops, offices, schools, 14 Global thinking restaurants and homes. And to make sure the public knew about it, it ran its first-ever 16 Hope for the future TV advertising campaign in the UK.

But that’s just on land. 17 Going for gold At sea, TEAM INEOS UK continues to be firmly focused on winning sailing’s ultimate prize - The America’s Cup – for the first time in the competition’s 170-year history. 18 Zero tolerance

The team’s quest has been boosted by its unique partnership with Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team, in which it has just acquired one third stake. Together they have taken sailing to a place it has never been before.

At any time, these would be remarkable achievements.

But these are extraordinary times. 4 CHALLENGE OF A LIFETIME 5

Challenge of a lifetime INEOS TEAM UK remain focused as the race for the America’s Cup continues

ONLY time will tell whether history “We have got to keep pushing is made this year. But everyone on because the team that pushes the INEOS TEAM UK, down to the man hardest will win,” he said. who has to weigh every nut and “But we have a huge amount of bolt, is focused on bringing home experience. Getting round the course sailing’s greatest prize for the first first, fast and safely is what matters.” time – and ending 170 years of hurt The team has been – and is – for Britain. “Until we have won it, working in partnership with Mercedes- we haven’t achieved our goal,” said AMG Petronas Formula One Team, who skipper Sir Ben Ainslie. have dominated the world of Formula As INCH went to press, the INEOS One racing in recent years. team, though, were literally flying after Mercedes F1 added another a shaky pre-Christmas start to their dimension to the INEOS team’s race America’s Cup campaign. to design and build the perfect AC75 During the warm-up races in raceboat and, in doing so, took sailing December, the team struggled with to a place it has never been before. technical issues and lost every race. Up to 30 of Mercedes’ applied But changes have since been made science team, led by director Graham to the boat – and the team haven’t Miller, have manufactured some of the looked back since, winning all of their most sophisticated technology ever races to qualify for the Prada Cup Final. seen in The America’s Cup. “The last race was a pretty “The attention to detail at Mercedes awesome one and great to take part in F1 is phenomenal,” said Nick Holroyd, with lots of lead changes,” said Ben. Chief Designer INEOS TEAM UK. “They In the Prada Cup Final, which will have given us a leg-up. They have taken decide which team faces the defending the underpinnings of what we started champions, INEOS will race Luna Rossa and added a layer of sophistication and Prada Pirelli. detail to it. They have brought exactness Ben, a four-time Olympic gold to our campaign.” medallist, though, says it is still early days. That exactness can be seen first

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Elaine does the honours

A RETIRED head teacher, who has helped to inspire millions of children around the world to be active for 15 minutes every day and enjoy the great outdoors, is Britannia’s Godmother. Elaine Wyllie joins hand in the foil wings which have been noticeable changes to the carbon an impressive line-up of ships’ manufactured at Mercedes F1’s Brackley fibre hull and deck layout. Each of the Godmothers including legendary factory in the UK. grinders now has his own individual Hollywood actresses Whoopi forward-facing fixed position. Goldberg, Helen Mirren, Julie “The biggest change, though, is simply Andrews and Sophia Loren. ‘What we have been that the fundamental capabilities of our INEOS TEAM UK had hoped The able to bring to the design group have evolved immeasurably Queen might do the honours, given that over the past two years,” said Nick. Britannia is named in honour of her great table is horsepower’ Britannia is made up of about 17,300 grandfather’s racing cutter. individual parts, which were all tested and But due to COVID-19, she has been – Graham Miller unable to take on any more engagements. Director of Applied Science weighed before they went on the boat. “There’s no doubt that controlling “I think it’s absolutely incredible to be “What we have been able to bring to weight effectively is a critical part of winning BRITANNIA WEATHERMAN the second choice after the Queen,” said the table is horsepower,” said Graham. The America’s Cup,” said Ben. Britannia has changed A Spaniard, who has Elaine, who founded The Daily Mile. “In “INEOS is a very capable team and one of According to the rules – set by the significantly from the team’s navigated some of the fact, it makes it even more of an honour.” the strengths of the F1 team is that it has current cup holders Team Emirates New first race The AC75 cannot world’s most difficult oceans, Elaine, who was awarded an MBE weigh more than 6,520kg is the team’s weatherman. a lot of capability built up over a number Zealand – each boat must not weigh by the Queen in 2019, will not be in New without the sails and crew. Juan Vila regularly briefs the of years. We really have been able to Zealand to watch the crew race but more than 6520kg. team about the weather so blend with INEOS and help them turn their “There is no give or take,” said Ben. they can plan ahead – and planned to savour every minute of every ambition into reality.” At INEOS TEAM UK, it has been know what to expect. race – on television. The Brackley team have also used naval architect Alan Boot’s job to CREW “Britannia will be in my thoughts and I their F1 know-how to help the INEOS monitor the weight of the boat. The 11 crewmen must not will be glued to the TV,” she said. “As well team develop and implement innovations His job was to record everything weigh more than 990 kg as being a magnificent feat of engineering, in engineering, human science, simulation that went on board, from the bolts on and are allowed a total of 55 50,000 she is absolutely beautiful and I am very and data analysis. the instrument displays to the drive rain kg of personal equipment, It took 50,000 + proud of her and her crew.” hours to build. While F1 drivers are in direct contact assembly, and flag up any potential including wet suits, shoes, The original Britannia racing cutter – life jackets, radios, headsets with the ‘pit wall’ – a place where problems. built for King Edward VII – enjoyed huge and any food and water. all strategic decisions are made by To help cut down on the crew’s success, winning 231 races. In her final years, she was raced by backroom staff during a race – such a weight, the wing trimmer, the pilot and SENSORS concept was almost unheard of in the King George V. Ben all shed a few pounds. There are about 1,000 world of sailing. Until now. “It’s the grinders we wanted to be 10 YEARS sensors feeding over one His dying wish was for Britannia to During training, a 750-horsepower as heavy as they possibly could be to It took 90,000 + hours to million bits of data back follow him to his grave. RIB raced alongside Britannia. maximise the power output,” said Ben. design – the equivalent of to the design team every When he died in 1936, Britannia was Onboard the RIB was a team of With the Prada Cup Final now within about 10 years. single day. towed out to St Catherine’s Deep off the designers and engineers working with sight, Ben and his team remain focused Isle of Wight and scuttled by the Royal some of the most advanced technology on winning that. Navy in the same waters where the first ● in world sport. For it is the winner of that trophy who LIVE DATA America’s Cup was raced in 1851. For onboard Britannia, and mostly will take on the mighty New Zealanders in 17,300 Britannia is made up of British company Papercast invisible to the naked eye, are about The America’s Cup in March. 17,300 individual parts. has designed and built 1,000 sensors feeding over one million The America’s Cup is the only major Each one is weighed before a bespoke, lightweight, bits of data back to the design team international sporting trophy that Britain it goes aboard. waterproof and robust every single day. has failed to win.  unit that feeds real-time Everything is monitored and analysed information to enable the team to keep the – from the sailors’ heart rates to the unstable boat flying flat speed of the wind. WING FOILS and fast. The live data is Some of that data is monitored live The wing foils were made at streamed around the boat to ensure the crew’s safety while out on Mercedes F1’s headquarters because every milli-second in the UK and enable the water. counts. All of the crew’s Britannia to fly. During training most of the data was decisions are based on the analysed by the entire design and sailing For all the latest news about information they can see in front of them. team the following day. INEOS TEAM UK’s America’s Britannia is significantly different Cup campaign visit: to the team’s first race boat, with INEOSTEAMUK.COM 8 THE RISE OF THE SUPERBUG 9

SILENT killer, in animal agriculture, not always directly urgency as we have been for vaccines,” which threatens to treat infection, but often to promote he said. “The consequence of continued to claim more growth for meat. complacency doesn’t bear thinking about.” than 10 million “This over-usage is helping infections INEOS’ donation is one of the largest lives every year to develop drug resistance in humans too, ever given to a UK university. by 2050, must be and damages the medical frontline,” said “It is an example of a powerful Drug use in animals tackled before Professor Walsh. “The new INEOS Oxford partnership between public and private is contributing it’s too late, say Institute will be unique in researching novel, institutions to address global problems,” significantly to their scientists. They fear unless new animal-specific drugs, to preserve human said Professor Richardson. lessening effectiveness drugsA are found to replace existing medicines' effectiveness for longer- which Lord O’Neill of Gatley, the economist in humans. antibiotics that have lost their could have a significant impact on delaying who co-authored the book Superbugs: An efficacy, common infections, which the AMR crisis." Arms Race against Bacteria, said INEOS' have been successfully treated Oxford University played a crucial success in the chemicals industry coupled with antibiotics for decades, could role in the early development of with the great minds of Oxford University become killers once again. antibiotics in the 1940s. and collaborating scientists offered hope. Misuse and overuse of antibiotics Alexander Fleming, a Scottish “This new Institute, applying a model are to blame for their demise, and physician and microbiologist, had of reinvesting profit to drive further progress underfunding means little has been done discovered penicillin by accident by 1928 in the field, could be the breakthrough Illnesses which have to address what is deemed to be one of but it was a team of scientists at Oxford moment the global AMR challenge needs,” evolved to become the biggest rising threats to global health who turned Fleming’s discovery – that he said. difficult or impossible since COVID-19. the Penicillium mould genus produced Without urgent collaborative action to to treat with “COVID-19 has been like an a substance that inhibited the growth of halt the rise of superbugs, mankind could antibiotics already earthquake,” said Professor Tim Walsh. some bacteria – into the wonder drug that return to a world where taken-for-granted kill about 1.5 million “It’s been rapid and sudden, whereas has saved so many lives. treatments such as chemotherapy and people a year. antimicrobial resistance, you can’t see After this, followed a golden era of hip replacements could become too risky, it, you can’t feel it, but nonetheless it’s antibiotic research and discovery, but childbirth becomes extremely dangerous, increasing year on year.” this ran out of road. No new antibiotics and even a simple scratch could kill. ● But all that is about to change. have been successfully developed since THE RISE INEOS has committed £100 million the 1980s. to support research at Britain’s Oxford “This donation will allow us to do University into the growing resistance to work on antibiotics that we have been antibiotics. dreaming about doing for the past “Antimicrobial resistance is one of couple of decades,” said Professor Chris OF THE these hidden dangers for the human race,” Schofield, Academic lead (chemistry) at said INEOS Chairman and Founder Sir the INEOS Oxford Institute. Jim Ratcliffe. “But I don’t think it is widely recognised yet.” All modern surgery and cancer ‘We now have treatments rely on the use of effective SUPERBUG antibiotics to reduce infections. a very narrow “To lose this precious gift will signal a return to a pre-antibiotic era,” said window of Mr David Sweetnam, a surgeon who opportunity in INEOS JOINS THE RACE will advise the new INEOS Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research. which to change INEOS’ £100 MILLION AGAINST DRUG RESISTANCE “We now have a very narrow window of opportunity in which to change course and prevent GIFT WILL ENABLE AROUND course and prevent the unthinkable from 50 RESEARCHERS OVER THE becoming the inevitable.” the unthinkable Illnesses which have evolved to from becoming the NEXT 5 YEARS TO: become difficult or impossible to treat with antibiotics already kill about 1.5 million inevitable’ people a year. – Mr David Sweetnam, a surgeon ADDRESS the overuse and misuse of antibiotics But scientists warn that medicine who will advise the new INEOS Oxford Institute for AMR Research THE OVERUSE AND MISUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO HUMANITY BUT UNDERFUNDING will be taken back to the dark ages if antibiotics are rendered ineffective – and MEANS LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. ALL THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE, THANKS, IN PART, millions will die. Mr Sweetnam said the COVID-19 COLLABORATE with other global leaders in the field of “If this pandemic has taught us pandemic had shown the world the antimicrobial resistance to prevent common microbes anything, it is the importance of not importance of science and research. TO A £100 MILLION GIFT FROM INEOS TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY becoming multi-drug resistant superbugs, such as MRSA ignoring high consequence events that He pointed out that the vaccines, are headed our way,” said Professor which were created in record time, had Louise Richardson, Vice Chancellor of the been developed from research conducted DEVELOP new drugs for both people and animals University of Oxford. long before COVID-19 struck. It is estimated that about 80% (by “It’s clear that we must be looking weight) of worldwide antibiotics are used right now for new antibiotics with the same 1010 WHYTHE THEDAIL WORLDY MILE NEEDS A CLEAN BREAK 1111

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The Clean Porvoo Hydrogen Business Unit

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INEOS FOCUSES ON RAMPING UP HYDROGEN PRODUCTION Newton Aycliffe Miszewo Salt End (Hull) TO HELP CUT CO2 EMISSIONS ACROSS EUROPE

Geel Moers Feluy Ludwigshafen

Wingles Jemeppe INEOS will be Ludwigshafen ramping up INEOS is now channelling its energy and INEOS produces 300,000 tonnes of Earlier this year the European Commission Etain production of clean expertise into a new business which has hydrogen every year, mainly as a co-product unveiled its own hydrogen strategy. Wouter said Sarralbe hydrogen across all

just one aim: to cut CO2 emissions. Its from producing chlorine and cracking oil and that this European roadmap, for widespread INEOS its European new UK-based business will focus on gas to make olefins and polymers. use of hydrogen across Europe by 2030 MANUFACTURING manufacturing sites. ramping up production of clean hydrogen Most of the hydrogen is either burned as a and beyond, presents fresh opportunities for Sins across Europe – for its own sites, but fuel or used to make other chemicals. INEOS’ new business. Tavaux critically for other industries now seeking But INOVYN believes more can be done “Hydrogen is an important part of a climate affordable, low-carbon energy. for the greater good of society. neutral economy that has been discussed for 1 The production of “We have already been approached by In the last edition of INCH, Chris Stark, decades,” he said. “Finally, a hydrogen-fuelled hydrogen based on electrolysis, powered by several potential strategic partners, ranging CEO of The Committee on Climate Change, economy is within reach.” ● Tavazzano zero carbon electricity, from other chemical partners to connections in described hydrogen as the Heineken of fuels HYDROGEN will provide ﬂexibility and the automotive industry,” said Wouter Bleukx, because of all the parts it reaches. 1.008 storage capacity for heat who is manager of the newly-formed Hydrogen “We can use it to heat homes and power Lavéra and power, chemicals and Rosignano Business Unit. “We soon hope to disclose more transport and industry,” he said. “INEOS is uniquely transport markets. about these partnerships.” He told INCH that it was impossible for the Bilbao INEOS-owned INOVYN is Europe’s largest world to achieve net zero emissions – and, in placed to play a leading

existing operator of electrolysis, the same doing so, drastically cut harmful CO2 emissions role in developing these Súria critical technology which can use carbon – without it. new opportunities, driven Martorell neutral energy to produce hydrogen for power, INEOS is already involved in several by emerging demand industry and transport. projects to encourage others to use hydrogen It also knows how to store and handle instead of gas and oil. for affordable, low- Benicarló hydrogen safely and is working on a first project Its new Hydrogen Business Unit will work carbon energy sources, to potentially store hydrogen in one of its under the umbrella of INOVYN but its strategy combined with our existing enormous salt caverns in the UK. will apply to all of INEOS’ businesses around “We are uniquely placed to play a leading the world. capabilities in operating role in developing these new opportunities,” It aims is to build a large-scale hydrogen large-scale electrolysis.” said Geir Tuft, CEO of INOVYN. production unit within five years. - Geir Tuft, CEO of INOVYN

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INOVYN INOVYN will develop the first, large-scale underground facility in the Cheshire salt basin to store vast quantities of hydrogen and connect to the UK’s first hydrogen network of 350km of new pipes.

10M Tonnes

Reduce CO2 emissions by 10 million tonnes every year by 2030. That’s the equivalent of taking four million cars off the road or heating more than five million homes.

30TWh/y By 2030, HyNet plans to be delivering 30TWh/y of low carbon hydrogen across the North West to industry, flexible power generation, transport and heating.

2050 This year the UK government,

H2 Pipeline which recently set a legally- binding target of net zero CO Pipeline 2 emissions by 2050, will Existing Gas publish its much-anticipated, Distribution Network national hydrogen strategy.

IT was once the cradle of the as an opportunity not to be missed. gas into the local networks. large-scale underground facility in the Industrial Revolution. Now – 260 For these low carbon hydrogen “This level of blending can be used Cheshire salt basin to store vast quan- years on – those towns and cities, technologies – combined with carbon with existing gas boilers and cook- tities of hydrogen and connect to the which were once powered by coal, capture and storage – could help to ers, and is seen as an important step UK’s first hydrogen network of 350km of could be on the brink of changing reduce CO emissions by 10 million towards decarbonising homes,” said new pipes. It's time for a new 2 the face of how the world works tonnes every year by 2030. Richard. Networked hydrogen will accelerate once again. HyNet North West in That’s the equivalent of taking four the decarbonisation of heavy transport the UK will play a leading role in million cars off the road or heating more “Our job will be to including trains, HGVs, buses and ships. the world’s fight against climate than five million homes. provide a place to store By 2030, HyNet also plans to cap- change. And INEOS-owned INOVYN “The project is a game-changer and ture a further one million tonnes of CO industrial revolution the hydrogen in vast 2 has an important part to play in this will provide a lasting legacy for gener- from industry every year. industry-led and inspired project. ations to come in the North West and quantities, only then can If successful, the project will estab- INOVYN joins consortium that will play It is one of a consortium of North Wales,” said Richard. the network cope with lish the UK as a world leader in clean leading role in fight against climate change world-leading organisations committed to It is hoped that by as early as 2025: changes in supply and energy innovation and show what can tackling the climate crisis. 400,000 tonnes of CO will be captured be achieved through collaboration. 2 demand. By providing Together they want to create a from industry. This year the UK government, which large-scale storage, we network so that hydrogen can be pro- A low carbon hydrogen plant will recently set a legally-binding target of duced, safely stored and distributed to be in operation at Stanlow Refinery to will greatly enhance the net zero emissions by 2050, will publish decarbonise the North West of England produce 350MW – enough energy to system’s resilience.” its much-anticipated, national hydrogen and North Wales. heat about a third of a million homes – Richard Stevenson strategy. “Our job will be to provide a place with natural gas boilers. INOVYN Storage Projects Manager “Both government and industry see to store the hydrogen in vast quantities,” Offshore and onshore gas extraction hydrogen as having a clear role, alongside said Richard Stevenson, INOVYN’s assets will be repurposed so that one By 2030, HyNet plans to be delivering electrification, in creating a greener and

Storage Projects Manager. “Only then million tonnes of CO2 can be transport- 30TWh/y of low carbon hydrogen across cleaner future,” said David Parkin, of Pro- can the network cope with changes in ed and stored in three depleted gas the North West to industry, flexible power gressive Energy, HyNet’s Project Director. ● supply and demand. By providing large- reservoirs under the seabed in Liverpool generation, transport and heating. scale storage, we will greatly enhance Bay, and construction of the UK’s “That’s about 45% of the amount the system’s resilience.” first hydrogen pipeline network will be of energy currently delivered in the gas It’s an ambitious, but deliverable, underway to supply local industry and to network in the region,” said Richard. project that is viewed by those involved blend up to 20% hydrogen with natural INOVYN will develop the first, WWW.HYNET.CO.UK 14 GLOBAL THINKING 15

Hyundai and INEOS signed a memorandum of understanding The two companies will work together to The fuel cell works by passing hydrogen Global to explore together new opportunities in the hydrogen economy. explore the use of the Hyundai fuel cell and air through a fuel cell stack. system in the INEOS Grenadier vehicle.

thinking NEXO SUV has been described as a car WO world-class companies, which so beautifully clean that it purifies the air as it goes. It takes just five minutes to fill the INEOS and Hyundai join believe hydrogen tank and that full tank lasts for 414 miles. forces to give hydrogen a could power the As part of the agreement, which was Tglobal economy of the signed in November, the two companies chance to power the global future, are now working will be exploring whether Hyundai’s second economy of future together. One is Hyundai, generation fuel cell system can be used in INEOS’ 4x4, The Grenadier. one of the largest car Saehoon Kim, Senior Vice President manufacturers in the world. and Head of Fuel Cell Centre at Hyundai The other is INEOS, one Motor Company, said he hoped Hyundai’s of the biggest chemical decades-long expertise in hydrogen fuel companies on the planet. cell could be combined with INEOS’ expertise to help mass produce green They have signed a ‘memorandum of hydrogen and fuel cells for The Grenadier. understanding’ to explore fresh opportunities “This will provide an important low- for producing, supplying and using hydrogen carbon option across a wide range of in everyday life. sectors,” he said. “The agreement presents both Pete said INEOS’ experience in storing companies with new opportunities to and handling hydrogen, combined with extend a leading role in the clean hydrogen its established know-how in electrolysis economy,” said Peter Williams, INEOS technology, put INEOS in a unique position Group Technology Director. to drive progress towards a carbon-free “We will initially seek to facilitate public future based on hydrogen.  and private sector projects focused on the development of a hydrogen value chain in Europe.” Both companies know the value of hydrogen, which has been described in the INEOS buys car past as the Heineken of fuels because of all the parts it reaches. plant to build 4 x 4 It can be used to heat homes, and It has invested in Mercedes- power transport and industry. And when Benz’s state-of-the-art Hambach burned as a fuel, it emits only water. factory, along with its highly-skilled INEOS produces about 300,000 tonnes workforce. of hydrogen a year, mainly as a by-product “It was a unique opportunity that from making chlorine and cracking gas and we simply could not ignore,” said oil to make olefins and polymers. INEOS Chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe. “INEOS Automotive set out a vision to ‘The agreement build the world’s best utilitarian 4x4, and, at our new home in Hambach, we presents both will do just that.” companies with new The site currently builds Daimler’s Smart EQ fortwo electric vehicles. opportunities to Under the deal, INEOS Automotive will continue to produce the Smart car extend a leading role and parts for Mercedes-Benz. in the clean hydrogen “This acquisition marks our biggest milestone yet in the development of The economy’ Grenadier,” said CEO Dirk Heilmann. - Peter Williams, “Alongside the exhaustive testing INEOS Group Technology Director programme that our prototype vehicles Hyundai pioneered the world’s first mass- are now undergoing, we can now begin produced hydrogen-powered car in 2013. preparations at Hambach to build it.” Since then, the car manufacturer, The first Grenadier is expected to which wants to increase its annual roll off the production line in early 2022. production of hydrogen fuel cell systems Dirk said the factory, which is about to 700,000 units by 2030, has travelled 200k from Stuttgart, was perfectly further down that road. placed to tap into supply chains. ● The company’s hydrogen-powered 16 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 17

BIOVYN™, a new generation of “We have managed to lower the customers in the flooring and pipe where it was used to produce BIOVYN™. PVC – made from the residue of the carbon footprint for these pipe installations industries and a lot from brand owners, The bio-attributed PVC’s wood pulp process, instead of purely by no less than 76%,” said Pipelife project including a prominent car manufacturer,” sustainable credentials have already gas and oil – is about to make the manager Ove Söderberg. said Inna. been certified by The Roundtable on next generation proud. It has been The beauty of BIOVYN™, although Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), whose commandeered for a new ‘fossil- more expensive than conventional PVC, “We have managed global mission is to support best free’ pre-school in the Swedish city is twofold. practice for sustainable bio-material of Gothenburg, which has ambitious It is not only made primarily from a to lower the carbon production. plans to cut the city’s greenhouse renewable raw material not competing footprint for these pipe PVC is essential for modern life Going gas emissions by 75% by 2050. with the food chain but, compared installations by no less today and is already widely used in For INEOS-owned INOVYN, the to conventionally-produced PVC, the renewable energy sector, in cars, INOVYN helps to prove fossil-free brains behind this new PVC, it is a great greenhouse gas emissions are cut by than 76%,” buildings, floors, technology and in honour to be involved in what is known more than 90% during production. medical equipment. for gold – Ove Söderberg, Pipelife Project Manager construction is possible as The Hope Project. “The sustainable and innovative “BIOVYN™ pushes sustainability “It is an innovative project to prove nature of BIOVYN™ make it the perfect But it didn’t happen overnight. First even further,” said Luc Castin, Business INEOS Europe has been officially the concept that fossil-free construction choice for this flagship project,” said INEOS O&P in Köln, Germany, had to Manager, INOVYN. recognised for its commitment to is possible,” said Inna Jeschke, Ove. BIOVYN™, which was revealed be satisfied that they could secure the Rolf Hogan, Executive Director of building a more sustainable and Marketing Manager at INOVYN. to the world in October 2019, is the biomass – the renewable raw material. RSB, has described INOVYN’s latest environmentally-sound business. “It has brought together a range world’s first commercially-produced, Once the team in Köln had done PVC product as a true leader in the EcoVadis’ gold rating puts INEOS of sustainability experts, innovators, bio-attributed PVC. that, they had to ensure it could be emerging circular bio-economy. ● Hope for in the top 4% of the best-rated entrepreneurs and suppliers to deliver a And it has been winning fans – and converted into bio-ethylene in its chemical companies around the truly sustainable community building.” sales – all over the world ever since. existing cracker. world – and follows gold and INOVYN has partnered with Pipelife “We have had amazing interest from Once that hurdle had been cleared, platinum ratings for its INOVYN and Sweden which has been commissioned all corners of the globe and also from the bio-ethylene was piped directly to Styrolution businesses. to supply the sustainable PVC pipes. all possible applications, from direct INOVYN’s plant at Rheinberg in Germany the future Peter Williams, Group Technology Director and Head of Investor Relations for INEOS Group, said sustainability was at the heart of how INEOS operated. “It is also critically important to our employees, customers, investors and communities,” he said. EcoVadis is an independent organisation which specialists in assessing the performance of companies globally. It looks at companies’ records on the Image courtesy of LINK Arkitektur Arkitektur Image courtesy of LINK environment, work practices, ethics, and sustainability of their suppliers. Greet Van Eetvelde, Head of Energy & Innovation at INEOS Group, said INEOS’ environmental performance had been especially noted.

“Our 80% score in the environmental category put us in the top 3% of companies in our industry.” – Greet Van Eetvelde, Head of Energy & Innovation at INEOS Group

The score reflected the group’s pledge to cut carbon emissions by switching to green power and heat,

reusing hydrogen and CO2 and, where it can, using recycled or bio-based raw materials instead of fossil fuels. The company has also set itself THE HOPE challenging targets to reduce plastics going PROJECT to landfill by recycling it into high quality A new ‘fossil-free’ products by 2025. pre-school in the “We are committed to continuous Swedish city of improvement as we progress our long-term Gothenburg, which sustainability goals,” said Greet. ● has ambitious plans to cut the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2050. 18 and oil,isalsobeing explored. attributed, rawmaterials, alongsidegas used ineverythingfrom clothingtofuel. produce methanol,achemicalwidely carbon dioxidewithgreen hydrogen to ambitious planatLillotomixcaptured chemical processes andpowerplants. and increase theuseofhydrogen inits heat andsteamnetworksintheregion collaboration inexistingindustrialwaste electricity, INEOSalsoplanstoextendits industries. car, construction,transportandmedical olefins, thekeychemicalneededby associated withthemanufacture of step changereduction inemissions North Sea. energy from ENGIE’s windfarminthe be builtinAntwerp-andsuppliedwith propane dehydrogenation complexwill levels by2030. emissions toatleast55%below1990 EU’s ambitiontoreduce greenhouse gas the PortofAntwerpby2050atlatest. net zero emissionsacross itsbusinessin roadmap,” hesaid. now haveaclear, achievable will bekey. “AlloursitesinAntwerp than justcapturingandstoringthem reducing emissions atsource rather & Nitriles,saidconcentratingon Hans Casier, CEOofINEOSPhenol reducing greenhouse gasemissions. to beattargetssetbytheEUfor INEOS inAntwerphaspledged "All these activities will be underpinned "All theseactivities willbeunderpinned The useofmore recycled, orbio- The companyisalsoinvolvedinan In additiontoswitchinggreen The newcomplexwillenablea A new€5billioncrackerand But italsotakesintoaccountthe The planwillmeanINEOSreach ZERO TOLERANCE ZERO TOLERANCE TARGETS TO PRODUCE NET ZERO INEOS SETS ITSELF TOUGHER CO 2 AT PORT OF ANTWERP the last. that journey. Butthey won’t be Antwerp maybethefirsttoset out on climate neutralworld. show INEOSthepathtocreating a THE roadmap hasbeendrawnupto liquefied, soldand reused. at Zwijndrecht, iscaptured, purified, product oftheethyleneoxideprocess of CO and Köln. plants inZwijndrecht, Tavaux, Lavera experience atitsexistingcarboncapture INEOS inthefuture. storage shouldstillbeanoptionfor than waitingtocollectandstore itlater, avoiding theproduction ofCO said Hans. and resource efficiencyofourprocesses,” by anongoingdrivetoimprove theenergy CLEAR ROADMAP INEOS UP DRAWS New INEOS Antwerp Port site “The roadmap willberolled out INEOS’ plants inthePortof Currently about100,000tonnes As such,INEOScanrely on Although thefocuswillbeon 2 , whichisproduced asby- 2 ,rather  throughout theworld. across INEOS’businessesandsites a climateofpositive competitiveness their processes tomakeadifference.” identify areas where theycanimprove the sameforeveryone. said. “Thesolutionisnotgoingto be carbon footprint. be usedbyanothersitetoreduce their hydrogen asaby-product whichcould rather thancapture andstore them.” it isbettertoreduce ouremissions renewable rawmaterialswill.We think gains,” saidMatthias. alone willnotbringusanysignificant energy efficient,sofocusingonthat capturing, usingorstoringthecarbon. resource efficiencyofitsplants,or materials, increasing theenergy and switching fuels,usingrenewable raw can reduce itsemissions byeither emissions. for aclearandrobust plantoreduce environmental data tosetabaseline in Antwerp,theyhavecollected Developer, forthepastyear. Schnellmann, CarbonBusiness comprehensive roadmap withMatthias energy andinnovationpolicy. Van Eetvelde,INEOS’globalheadof their carbonemissions,”saidGreet can implementchangestolower able tolookatitandseewhere they and everybusinessinINEOSwillbe It ishopedtheroadmap willcreate But theroadmap willhelpthemto “Each sitehasdifferent needs,”he He saidsomesitesproduced “But switchingfuelsorusing “Most ofoursitesare already The roadmap shows howINEOS Together withINEOS’sites She hasbeenworkingonthe ●

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HOW INEOS KEPT INFECTION AT BAY KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON TO KEEP STAFF SAFE AND VITAL CHEMICALS FLOWING

N the day the World more than ever, that advice was taken to “If we had not acted quickly, we also held to ensure each business could needed to self-isolate due to close contact materials, disinfectants and equipment. Health Organisation the very heart of INEOS. could have allowed the virus to enter act quickly as required. with another individual, did so to keep Countries were also rightly declared COVID-19 “Safety has always been our top our workplaces and made a lot of our In the UK, INEOS’ critical workers were themselves and their families safe. concerned about protecting their as a global priority, and that includes operating in employees sick very quickly,” said Jeff. regularly tested. INEOS, though, did not just manage to drinking water supplies. pandemic, INEOS a way that is safe for all our operating “Not only do we want our employees to “That was a really powerful way to keep its own operations running. In the US, utilities companies took decisive teams,” said Jeff. “Our excellent safety stay healthy, but this would also have taken keep ahead of the virus,” said Jeff. Its early action meant it was also able needed INEOS’ acrylamide and Oaction. At that time, just over 4,500 performance record is based upon having them out of the workplace and closed the INEOS’ actions meant not one of to step up to meet the unprecedented, polyacrylamide to purify America’s people worldwide had died of clear procedures and rules.” factories and businesses down.” its factories had to close, except where global demand for chemicals desperately water and UK water companies relied this new, invisible killer and many A COVID contingency plan was swiftly Jeff was with Simon at INEOS’ mandated by country regulations. needed to slow the spread of COVID-19 on INEOS to provides the chlorine governments were resisting national agreed. Each business set up strict safety Green Lake facility in America when “Our strict procedures and rapid and help treat those infected. necessary to keep 98% of Britain’s lockdowns, with some dismissing protocols to ensure their own employees INEOS Capital asked them to start action ensured that we have kept Production was ramped up at many water safe to drink. the virus as a ‘common cold’. stayed safe whilst continuing to operate preparing for the sites to continue positive cases under control and INEOS sites with INEOS-owned INOVYN’s “We acted sooner than many other But INEOS, which now operates in 29 the plants. working through the pandemic. enabled our employees to stay safe plants across Europe running continuously big businesses because there was a countries including China where the virus is All office-based staff – all over the “At the time we really did not know whilst continuing to be able to run our to produce sodium hypochlorite (household public safety issue as well as a business believed to have originated, was alarmed. world – were told to work from home. what the impact was going to be on our “A COVID contingency plan operations,” said HR Director Jill Dolan. bleach), which had been recognised by the interruption issue,” said Jeff. “Our strict procedures and “The fact that we are a global Businesses were told to identify operations across the world,” he said. was swiftly agreed. Each business Staff, who displayed symptoms of World Health Organisation and UNICEF as INEOS, though, knows the rapid action ensured that company was one of our strengths,” said critical personnel to operate and “But we were determined to continue to COVID-19, were told not to come to the best and quickest way to kill COVID-19 pandemic is far from over despite hopes Jeff Seed, SHE Director at INEOS. “Our maintain the plants. operate in a way that was safe for all of our set up strict safety protocols work. Since testing regimes varied by on hard surfaces. that a vaccine will be ready soon. we have kept positive cases Asian sites gave us a feel about what to “That was critical and we cannot operating teams.” to ensure their own employees country, it was not always possible for The company also built six factories in “We may not be out of the woods under control and enabled our expect and how we could potentially be thank enough those people who In the event of an outbreak of stayed safe whilst continuing these staff to be tested. less than 10 days each to produce hand but the fact that we have managed employees to stay safe whilst impacted by the virus.” impressively kept our plants running COVID-19, INEOS was prepared to shut “That’s one of the reasons why the sanitiser and supplied millions of bottles to to navigate it so far, keeping our to operate the plants.” continuing to be able to run The message from Asia was clear: safely,” said Simon Laker, the INEOS down factories. precise numbers of positive cases in thousands of hospitals free of charge. employees safe and our plants – Jeff Seed, SHE Director if you want to keep your plants and Group Operations Director. Weekly calls were set up between the INEOS will never be known,” said Jill. “But By diverting resources away from non- running, is testament to the hard our operations.” businesses running, protect your staff now. In addition, all non-essential work on HR Directors of each business to monitor this approach was key to keeping any essential work at sites in America, mainland work and commitment of all of our – Jill Dolan, HR Director As a global producer of essential the plants was postponed and all non- the situation by site and country. Regular spread of the virus to a minimum.” Europe and the UK, INEOS kept the flow employees,” said Tom Crotty, INEOS’ chemicals that the world would soon need essential travel was banned. board meetings within each business were INEOS also ensured that those, who of chemicals to those making vital medical Communications Director. ● 22 SHAPING THE FUTURE 23

huge amounts of power they do, without the strength to weight ratio of composite materials,” said Lynn. INEOS, though, is also proud of the fact that it has helped to create a viable market for recycled plastics. In every 220kg drum of its PET family of composite resins are the remnants of about 1,800 recycled PET plastic bottles. “By using recycled PET as a raw material to make composites, we lock in the carbon,” said Lynn. In doing so, INEOS is also showing the world it is serious about its promise to use 325,000 tonnes of recycled polymer in its own products by 2025. INEOS Enterprises agreed to acquire Ashland’s entire Composites omposites are business, along with its European BDO shaping the business, in 2018 for $1 billion. The Composites business alone has world like never 15 manufacturing sites in Europe, North before. For and South America, Asia and the Middle East and employs 1,000 people. unlike metal, Ashley Reed, CEO of INEOS they cannot only Enterprises, said composite resins had been the materials of choice for the world’s be moulded boat builders for 30 years and with good into almost any reason due to their incredible qualities. shape, but are tougher “We believe composite resins have great potential growth under INEOS and lighter than steel, fire ownership,” he said at the time. resistant and don’t rust. After the deal was completed in 2019, INEOS Composites became a “In the past the deterioration of business in its own right. mild steel has led, in extreme cases, to Looking to the future, composite catastrophic structure failure,” said Lynn materials are well placed to overcome Calder, CEO of INEOS Composites. the challenges faced by the construction The world witnessed that on August 107 METRE COMPOSITE BLADES industry, which wants to use more 14, 2018, when a 200-metre stretch of environmentally-sound products. the Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed, ‘In the past the Andrew Miller, head of INEOS killing 43 people. Composites Europe, said they was a deterioration Experts say the bridge’s steel cables growing interest in the market towards bio were encased in concrete which meant and recycled PET-based resins. of mild steel corrosion could not be seen. “Fibre-reinforced plastic composites The steel tower, which also collapsed, are easy to install and maintain, have a long has led, in was also encased in concrete. life, and can be recycled so it’s easy to see When steel rusts, it expands and can why they will become far more competitive extreme cases, crack concrete. than conventional materials such as steel Composites work differently – and, to catastrophic and concrete,” he said. ● as such, have found their way into cars, structure failure’ trucks, boats, homes, infrastructure, Lynn Calder, chemical plants and the sea where they CEO of INEOS Composites can withstand the harshest of conditions. INEOS’ composites resins are also resistant to attack from chemicals. HALIADE-X As such they have been used, instead The world’s longest-ever wind of traditional materials, at many of INEOS’ turbine blade was built in manufacturing plants, including INEOS INEOS COMPOSITES COMPOSITES ARE Cherbourg, France. Pigments’ business in Ashtabula in Ohio. GLOBAL LEADER 12 MW capacity “Steel reinforcement in concrete IN UNSATURATED TOUGHER THAN STEEL 220 metre rotor bridges is also now being replaced with POLYESTER RESINS, 107 metre long blades composite rebar,” said Lynn. VINYL ESTER RESINS BUT DON’T RUST 260 metres high Composites are also good for the AND GELCOATS environment. INEOS Composites’ resins have FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES proved a key component in shaping the Corrosion Resistance future for wind turbines because they are Fire Retardance lighter than steel. Ultraviolet Resistance In 2019 the world’s longest- Water and Chemical Resistance ever wind turbine blade was built in Cherbourg, France. High Mechanical Properties At 107-metres, it was longer than a Thermal and Electrical Insulation football pitch. Impact and Scratch Resistance “These blades simply couldn’t be built High Strength-to-Weight Ratios WWW.INEOSCOMPOSITES.COM to today’s extreme size, and generate the 24 DISPENSING WITH TRADITION 25

Dispensing with tradition INEOS proves once again that it is a dab hand at thinking outside the box

The hand sanitiser dispenser has been thoughtfully designed to look good

Recent TV advertising campaign showcasing hospital-grade hand sanitisers

NEOS has once someone’s home, it needs to look good. The man, who helped to bring The their site in Grüsch. to showcase its hospital-grade hand “Our products were used by hospitals the project management, commercial Tottenham teams again dispensed with It needs to fit with the décor.” Grenadier to life on paper, is Toby Ecuyer, Both went on sale via INEOS sanitisers. at the height of the pandemic and our elite and engineering expertise across the up with INEOS traditional thinking. Oli said many traditional dispensers a trained architect and one of Britain’s Hygienics’ website just before Christmas, The advert made its debut during sports teams are now using them,” he said. company and people have risen to the tended to be ‘ugly, white plastic boxes’. best super yacht designers. along with the easy-to-fit refill cartridges. Coronation Street, a long-running and “This was our chance to show the public challenge in very tough times,” he said. It has turned the “They leave a negative feeling the He has helped to design two types “We got immediate interest from the popular British soap. that, despite being a new entrant into the The business, he said, had been TOTTENHAM Hotspur Football Club has teamed up with INEOS humble hand minute you walk into a room,” he said. of dispenser – one for businesses and a public,” said Oli. market, we are a trusted alternative.” built the long-term and a new era where Hygienics to keep its players, “This is a new concept for dispensers.” smaller one for the home. For Oli, who joined INEOS’ new ‘This is the first time a lot The adverts appeared to have the importance of hand sanitiser has Isanitiser dispenser into staff and fans safe. a stylish gadget that will He added: “There will be many The professional unit, which can be global healthcare business earlier this of people will have really worked.“Our weekly sales increased by never been more critical. The Premier League football look good in the smartest businesses, which want to protect customised by a company, comes in year, it’s an exciting time. over 40% after they were shown,” said “Although we have seen an increase club ordered hundreds of INEOS’ their staff and customers without three styles – for the table, freestanding “INEOS has always been in the thought about having a George. in the use of sanitisers in 2020, we new touchless hand sanitiser of shops, offices, schools, compromising the look and feel of a or wall mounted. background making products that dispenser in the home’ INEOS founded the global believe there will be a lasting impact,” he dispensers just days after the restaurants and homes. building. Ours has been designed to be The smaller one, which is available in underpin society,” he said. “But now it is healthcare business INEOS Hygienics in said. “People’s attitudes have changed. Hygienics business launched the - Oli Hayward-Young, INEOS Hygienics range to help maintain high levels “This is the first time a lot of aesthetically pleasing.” red, cream, silver or black, is designed to doing something in the foreground to get July, but Oli said building the dispenser Everyone now knows why it is so of hygiene at the ground. people will have really thought about Not only that but it has also been sit on a kitchen worktop or table, or be the world back on its feet.” George Ratcliffe, Chief Operating arm of the business, and getting the important to keep their hands clean to “It’s been fantastic to see the having a dispenser in the home,” said designed by the same, world-class team mounted on a wall by the front door. On Friday October 23 at 8.45pm UK Officer of INEOS Hygienics, described it product to market so quickly, had been stop getting ill.”  dispensers rolling off the production Oli Hayward-Young, whose job is to who created The Grenadier, INEOS’ new Swiss engineering firm Gritec will time, INEOS made history – by running as an important milestone in the young an amazing team effort. line,” said George Ratcliffe, COO of manage the project. “But if it is going in 4 x 4, which is due to go on sale next year. initially manufacture 20,000 dispensers at its first-ever TV advertising campaign company’s life. “We have been able to call on WWW.INEOSHYGIENICS.COM INEOS Hygienics. ● 26 PERFECT PARTNERS 27

INEOS OLEFINS & POLYMERS HAVE PARTNERED WITH LEADING WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY SAICA NATUR IN A SUPPLY AGREEMENT FOR RECYCLED LDPE AND LLDPE. THE LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WILL HELP INEOS TO SERVE THE GROWING DEMAND FOR INCREASED LEVELS OF RECYCLED PRODUCT IN SUSTAINABLE, VIRGIN QUALITY FLEXIBLE PACKAGING. PERFECT

INEOS OVERCOMES TECHNICAL CHALLENGES TO EXPAND NEW RANGE OF GROUND-BREAKING PLASTICS FROM WASTE PARTNERS

INEOS has partnered with yet another ‘With this agreement, “Using waste plastics as a raw material for company that will help it to reduce plastic we are moving our products helps to reduce the use of new gas waste – and give a more environmentally- and oil resources,” said Rob. conscious public more of what it wants. towards a circular INEOS O&P’s decision to form a 60% Working together, INEOS Olefins & economy model partnership with Saica, a leading Spanish waste THE PARTNERSHIP CAN CREATE Polymers and Saica Natur have managed through the use of management company, means that it will now to create high performance flexible resources in a more have a reliable supply of recycled product, HIGH PERFORMANCE FLEXIBLE packaging, made from more than 60% of which can be combined with high performance sustainable and PACKAGING, MADE FROM MORE recycled low-density polyethylene and polymers produced at INEOS’ own sites to linear low-density polyethylene. efficient way. Waste make polymer grades that can make flexible THAN 60% RECYCLED PLASTIC Rob Ingram, CEO INEOS O&P North is transformed into packaging that is as good as the original. Europe, said to do it, significant technical barriers “This is an example of commitment towards a secondary raw had been overcome on both sides. achieving a long-term sustainable growth,” said “Saica are experts in recycling material that will be Victor Sanz, General of Saica Natur. postconsumer plastic film,” he said. “And we then incorporated “It shows we are moving towards a circular have the polymer science expertise to improve into new high quality economy model through the use of resources in the quality, specification, and performance of a more sustainable and efficient way.” the finished product.” products. This is In 2019 – to help launch this new range The new packaging grade polymers, which an example of of hybrid plastics – INEOS signed long-term can be used to make flexible pouches for commitment towards agreements with a number of recycling detergent among other things, has now been achieving a long-term companies including Viridor, the UK’s largest added to INEOS’ new range of plastics, which plastics recycling and reprocessing plant. was hailed as ground-breaking when it was sustainable growth.’ The new facility in Avonmouth, near Bristol, launched in October 2019. Victor Sanz will be powered by Viridor’s £252m energy “We don’t like to make a big fuss until we Director General, recovery plant which puts non-recyclable waste Saica Natur know we have something to show,” David to work to produce electricity and heat. Kirkwood, Polymer Business Manager, told INCH “Partnerships, such as the one with 60% at the time. INEOS, are crucial to the transition to the The Recycl-IN range was launched with high circular economy, where every product is density polyethylene and polypropylene grades comprised of a majority of recycled plastics,” containing up to 50% of recycled waste plastic. said Keith Trower, managing director of Viridor The range has now expanded to include Resource Management. low density polyethylene and linear low In 2019 the company’s recycling index, density, and now contains up to 60% of which tracks public attitudes to recycling, found SAICA NATUR ARE A LEADING THIS RECYCLED MATERIAL WILL recycled waste plastic. that nine in 10 of those polled believe existing SPANISH WASTE MANAGEMENT BE ADDED TO THE RECYCL-IN The development and expansion of plastic should be used again. COMPANY AND ARE EXPERTS IN RANGE AND CAN BE USED TO MAKE the Recycl-IN range is important step in “The message from the public could not be increasing resource efficiency and helps to clearer when it comes to recycling and putting RECYCLING POST-CONSUMER FLEXIBLE POUCHES FOR DETERGENT, show consumers that plastics are a valuable recycled content back into the economy,” said PLASTIC FILM PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AMONG resource that should be brought back to life, Viridor managing director Phil Piddington. “Where OTHER THINGS not just used once and thrown away. others see waste, we see resource.” ● Ineos_advert_240x335mm_FA_CMYK.pdf 1 19/01/2021 10:11

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