TotalEnergies has partnered with Vanheede Environment Group on the supply of post consumer recycled - PCR - raw material, securing stable and constant feedstock availability for its production of circular polymers. - SustainablePlastics

The two companies have signed a long-term commercial agreement, under which Vanheede Polymers & Compounds undertakes to provide PCR raw material from its sites in France and Belgium to Total Energies. This will also include waste from Vanheede’s Dottignies location, where the company is currently building a new plastic waste treatment facility. The partnership shows the confidence of TotalEnergies in Vanheede’s innovative recycling technology, according to David Vanheede, CEO Vanheede Environment Group.

This agreement is the first step in a strategic partnership supporting both companies’ commitment to develop plastics recycling. It will also serve to support TotalEnergies growing volume of mechanically recycled polymers sold in Europe. With the expansion of the Synova facility in Tillières-sur-Avre, in France, announced late 2021, TotalEnergies is doubling its production capacity for mechanically recycled polymers to 45,000 tonnes per year. Synova is a leading manufacturer of recycled polypropylene for the automotive sector.

This new agreement … will allow us to accelerate our growth in recycled polymers and develop new projects to reach our ambition of producing 30% circular polymers by 2030.

Valérie Goff, senior vice president, Polymers at TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that is deeply committed to recycling plastics . The company has set a goal of producing 30% recycled polymers by 2030, in pursuit of which it is working in different ways to improve the properties  and uses of recycled plastics. Currently, TotalEnergies produces some fifteen grades of polypropylene and polyethylene containing at least 50% recycled materials. With the acquisition of Synova in 2019, TotalEnergies also became involved in mechanical recycling, while in the area of chemical recycling, TotalEnergies has joined forces with different partners to develop this technology in France.