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“We first raised these concerns in March this General Manager of Engineering Thermoplas- SABIC in our films can be raised all the way up
year and in the following month there were tic & Market Solutions at SABIC. “With our to 100 percent, resulting in a significantly lower
reports of the pocket of shortages of fuel across TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, we identified sustaina- carbon footprint compared to conventional
the country,” he added. In Ghana, the state does ble solution for such challenge. Our value chain hygiene films.”
not regulate fuel prices, which have reached partnership with Plastik Group and Drylock can “Being a global leader in sustainable hygiene
almost GHS16.00 per litre at some filling sta- serve as a role model for making a difference. products means taking care of a lot of things,
tions, up from GHS6.93 per litre at the end of While it demonstrates a feasible route to more from vegan and cruelty-free solutions to main-
January 2022. responsible, circular product solutions, it meets taining our carbon neutral status,” adds Jules
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary of Petro- with our aims to increase efficiency and create Van Malderen, Business Development Director
leum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) Duncan value of used materials that would otherwise at Drylock Technologies. “The substitution of
Amoah has told Citi Business News that the rate end up as waste in landfill sites or incineration standard virgin PE film by paper and film based
could hit GHS18.00 per litre if the government plants.” on recycled PE is just one example. We will con-
does not intervene. SABIC produces TRUCIRCLE™ certified tinue moving further into this direction, as fast
bna/IntelliNews, October 20 2022 circular polymers for its SABIC PURECARES™ and disruptive innovation is a part of our DNA,
polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) pol- even more so when it comes to sustainability.
ymers portfolio with feedstock from advanced After all, by our slogan we ‘Innovate to protect’.”
PETROCHEMICALS recycling of mixed and used plastic, which keeps Absorbent hygiene application samples
valuable used plastic in the circular chain. Plastik illustrating the benefits of this value chain col-
SABIC, Drylock and Plastik Group uses PP and PE resins from this portfolio laboration will be featured during K 2022 from
to create various innovative film materials for October 19 to 26 in Düsseldorf, Germany, at
Group partner for absorbent absorbent hygiene applications. Drylock has SABIC’s Booth D42 in Hall 6.
selected these films for manufacturing a range
SABIC, October 17 2022
hygiene applications with of new hygiene products that meet increased Kenya Tea Agency
regulatory, brand owner and consumer demands
circular certified polymers for more responsible, lower-carbon and waste
reducing solutions without compromising
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical indus- safety, purity and convenience. buys 940,000 bags
try, has announced that Plastik Group, a major At the end of their service life, these hygiene of Russian fertiliser
international manufacturer of films and bags for products can be returned into the raw materials
the hygiene market, is using certified circular cycle for separation of components, cleaning and The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA)
polymers from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfo- re-conversion to circular feedstock. bought 940,000 50-kg bags of fertiliser from
lio in the production of specialty films designed “We operate two manufacturing sites for Russia as EU sanctions against Russian exports
for absorbent disposables offered by Drylock hygiene films and bags accredited to mass bal- continue to threaten global food security.
Technologies. ance accounting according to the International According to KTDA chairman, David
Drylock has approved the use of these films Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) Ichoho, the delivery is in addition to the 720,000
for various absorbent hygiene applications, such PLUS regime for tracing the circular or bio- bags of fertiliser the agency received in Septem-
as sanitary pads, panty liners, towels and diapers based material content throughout the entire ber, The Star reported.
in feminine, baby and incontinence care. production chain,” states Cattaneo Gianangelo, Ichoho said that the new shipment will arrive
“There is a global trend towards identifying President at Plastik Group. “Depending on cus- at the Port of Mombasa and will cost KES5,617
solutions for single-use disposable absorbent tomer specifications and technical requirements, ($46) per bag but that farmers will pay a subsi-
hygiene products” says Abdullah Al-Otaibi, the content of circular certified polymers from dised price of KES3,500 ($28.68) per bag.
More than 600,000 tea farmers from 54
factories countrywide are to benefit from
the imported fertiliser, which is to be used
in the short rains season, KTDA had earlier
announced.
Last week, the National Cereals and Produce
Board said that it had distributed to farmers
307,200 50-kg bags of subsidised fertiliser at a
retail price of KES3,500.
When Russia began its invasion of Ukraine,
the EU and many other countries imposed a
ban on imports of Russian-made fertilisers and
on the use of EU infrastructure for their distri-
bution to third countries, but reconsidered its
policy when it became clear that the restrictions
threatened to critically reduce crop yields in
many regions.
“We risk having in 2022 [a] real lack of food,”
UN Secretary General António Guterres said on
September 14.
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