Middle East Business: Sabic in tie-up for label from ocean-bound plastic – Gulf Digital News

Middle East Business: Sabic in tie-up for label from ocean-bound plastic – Gulf Digital News

Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, has partnered with UPM Raflatac, a top provider of labelling solutions, to launch the world’s first packaging label materials made from certified circular ocean bound plastic.

The label materials made from Sabic certified circular polypropylene (PP) based on advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP) are marketed under the UPM Raflatac Ocean Action trademark.

“We are proud to offer our customers another more sustainable choice through the advanced recycling of used plastic that could otherwise end up in our rivers and oceans,” said Lada Kurelec, General Manager PP, PET, PS, PVC, PU & Elastomers Businesses for Petrochemicals at Sabic.

“These labels containing ocean bound plastic connect with our TRUCIRCLE™ program of circular solutions designed to help reduce plastic waste, mitigate fossil depletion and protect our planet.”

Ocean bound plastic is abandoned plastic waste found in areas up to 50 km inland from waterways that may eventually be washed into the ocean by rainfall, rivers or tides. Zero Plastic Oceans, a non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing plastic pollution issues, has estimated that OBP from uncontrolled waste disposal accounts for 80 percent of marine plastic litter.

”The new innovative Ocean Action label material is the latest step in our beyond