24 Mar 2022 --- SABIC is providing flexible packaging film company Polivouga with certified circular polymers from recovered ocean-bound plastic. Nueva Pescanova Group, a leading Spanish brand owner specializing in the fishing, farming, processing and marketing of fresh, chilled and frozen seafood products, is using the packages for its frozen seafood in bags made from this film. The partnership has resulted in the development of the “world’s first” frozen food packaging solution using SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene from feedstock sourced from recovered ocean-bound plastic. The packaging will be launched to coincide with World Oceans Day 2022.“This is an exciting development for SABIC, and for the industry more widely, as it demonstrates that even used plastic recovered from in and around ocean feeding waterways has the potential to be converted into a high-quality plastic product for customers,” Mark Vester, global circular economy leader at SABIC, tells PackagingInsights.“Importantly, this proves that materials made from recovered ocean-bound plastic can equal the quality of virgin plastics,” he adds.
