Advanced recycling represents a strategic technology for the production of circular polymers. It enables the recycling of hard-to-recyle plastic waste and the production of circular polymers with equivalent performance as their fossil-based alternatives.
As part of the Recycle and Develop Circularity pillar of its integral approach to polymers production, TotalEnergies has invested in the advanced recycling of plastics through partnerhsips and the construction of a dedicated advanced recycling unit in France.
TotalEnergies markets its polymers from advanced recycling under the RE:build range, part of its RE:clic range of circular polymers. They contribute directly to TotalEnergies' ambition to produce 1 million tons of circular polymers in 2030.
All TotalEnergies Polymers are Available as RE:build
All TotalEnergies polymer plants in Europe and United States have obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS). This makes the full range of TotalEnergies products (polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene) commercially available as TotalEnergies RE:build range through the mass balance approach.
Our developments
Belgium
Since 2020, the TotalEnergies Petrochemical platform of Antwerp, Belgium, has been processing Tacoil pyrolysis oil, in collaboration with Plastic Energy. A project to increase capacity is currently under study.
France
In 2020, TotalEnergies announced the construction of one of the first advanced recycling plants in France on the Grandpuits zero-crude platform, in partnership with Plastic Energy.
United States
In the United States, partnerships that organize the supply of recycled feedstocks from advanced recycling to TotalEnergies’ petrochemical assets enable the production of RE:build Polypropylene at our La Porte site
Our partnerships
Belgium
TotalEnergies and Indaver announced in 2022 a commercial agreement for the supply of petrochemical feedstock to the TotalEnergies Antwerp polymer site, obtained through a proprietary depolymerization process developed by Indaver.
France
In 2023, TotalEnergies and Paprec signed a long-term commercial agreement for the supply of flexible plastic waste to the advanced recycling plant in Grandpuits.
TotalEnergies Recyles and Develops Circularity
TotalEnergies leverages the complementarity of the mechanical and advanced recycling technologies to divert more plastic waste from landfill and incineration, as well as to integrate circular polymers in the widest range of applications: advanced recycling targets hard-to-recycle waste that cannot be mechanically recycled, and enables to target sensitive applications.
TotalEnergies also promotes the development of polymers from bio-based feedstocks, such as bio feedstocks (vegetable oils) or bio-circular feedstocks (used cooking oils), as well as the development of Polylactic Acid, a bioplastic derived from sugarcane.