The chemical company of Eni has obtained the ISCC Plus certification for the production from bionafta and chemical recycling
Versalis, Eni's chemical company, has obtained ISCC Plus certification for monomers, intermediates, polymers and elastomers produced with sustainable raw materials, from bionafta and from chemical recycling, at the Brindisi, Porto Marghera, Mantua, Ferrara and Ravenna sites.
An important step towards the goal of offering the market decarbonised and circular products with a new "bio attributed" and "bio-circular attributed" range made with bionafta, and "circular attributed", in the event that the raw material is a " recycled oil ”, pyrolysis oil obtained from the chemical recycling process of mixed plastic waste. The availability of bionafta derives from the integration with Eni, which transformed two refineries into biorefineries, in Venice Porto Marghera and Gela, guaranteeing the supply of sustainable raw materials that originate from vegetable oils, used edible oils or other types of organic waste .
ISCC Plus is part of the ISCC certification scheme (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification, approved by the European Union), is voluntary in nature and allows companies in the entire supply chain to monitor and demonstrate the sustainability of their products by checking the sustainability, traceability and mass balance.
Versalis certified products include monomers and intermediates ethylene, propylene, benzene, styrene, butadiene, polyethylene polymers (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE), styrenics (PS, EPS and ABS), and elastomers (SBR, BR, EPDM), which do not differ in their chemical composition and physical-mechanical performance compared to those made with raw material of fossil origin.
The ISCC Plus certification activity, launched by Versalis in 2020, will be extended to other Italian and foreign production sites during the year and certifies the concreteness of the circular economy strategy also aimed at using sustainable raw materials.