Mechanical recyling is a mature recycling technology, consisting of sorting, shredding, and washing plastic waste without changing its chemical structure.
As part of the Recycle and Develop Circularity pillar of its integral appraoch to polymers production, TotalEnergies has invested in the mechanical recycling of plastics by acquiring new production capacities and developing existing assets.
TotalEnergies markets its polymers from mechanical recycling under the RE:use 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.
European RE:use portfolio
Through the acquisition of Synova (France) and Iber Resinas (Spain), as well as the opening of new production capacities on its Antwerp (Belgium) and Carling (France) sites, the European RE:use portfolio offers RE:use Polypropylene, Polystyrene and Polyethylene.
They can be used for a variaty of applications, such as packaging, durable, construction or automotive applications.
Iber Resinas
Production of recycled polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene for durable applications.
Synova
Production of recycled polypropylene compounds for automotive and construction applications
Carling – Saint-Avold
Production of high-performance recycled polypropylene compounds for automotive applications.
American RE:use portfolio
The American RE:use portfolio offers RE:use Polypropylene and Polystyrene. These products leverage strong partnerships between raw material providers, which source the best quality recyclate from mechanical recycling, and TotalEnergies polymers assets in Laporte and Carville, which provides high-quality virgin polymers.
Formulated and supported by TotalEnergies experts, this portfolio features grades for a variety of applications including food packaging.
Vanheede Environment Group
In 2022, TotalEnergies signed a long-term commercial agreement with Vanheede Environment Group for the supply of post-consumer recycled material to produce recycled polymers for durable applications.
OPmobility
TotalEnergies and OPmobility (previously Plastic Omnium) signed a strategic partnership in 2021 to develop new plastic materials made from recycled polypropylene for the automotive industry.
PureCycle Technologies
In 2020, the Company signed a partnership with PureCycle Technologies for the supply of high-purity recycled polypropylene material.
TotalEnergies Recycles 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.