SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corp.) recently partnered with sustainable agricultural climate technology businesses Iyris and Napco National to create a durable greenhouse roofing solution.
The greenhouse roof, which incorporates certified circular polyethylene (PE) from SABIC's Trucircle portfolio, has been used in Saudi Arabia's National Food Production Initiavie (NFPI), together with other participants from the country's public and private sector to help improve the sustainability of the country's agriculture and food security.
As part of the collaboration, SABIC says its linear low-density PE (LLDPE) resin was used in the greenhouse roofing, adding that the polymer material is manufactured with certified circular feedstock from mixed post-consumer plastics.
The company says the mixed plastic scrap is converted into pyrolysis oil in an advanced recycling process before it is used in the production of new polymer resins, such as LLDPE formulations with the same purity and quality as traditional virgin plastics at SABIC's plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Napco then used the LLDPE to manufacture a durable greenhouse roofing film.
"We are proud to have collaborated on this innovative project using our Trucircle material solutions," says Khaled Al-Jalawi, global circular economy director at SABIC. "The agricultural greenhouses, made with certified circular polyethylene from SABIC, utilize advanced recycled plastic, providing significant sustainability benefits."
Source: Recycling Today