Brett Martin Launches Sustainable Marlon BioPlus Polycarbonate Sheet

Brett Martin, the UK's largest polycarbonate sheet producer, has launched its new, more sustainable Marlon BioPlus polycarbonate sheet, representing a huge shift towards climate neutral plastic sheets made from certified quality balance of sources and production of bio-based feedstocks
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This new development is the result of Brett Martin's partnership with Covestro, one of the world's leading polymer producers
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Their Makrolon® RE replaces 71% of fossil feedstocks, such as from used cooking oils, with materials with biocyclic properties (through mass balance methods)
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In addition, carbon emissions are further reduced by using green energy in the production of raw materials
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Commenting on this development, Covestro Sales Manager Barbara Giershausen said: "In our journey towards full circle, we support our industry partners in achieving their sustainability goals
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With our Makrolon® RE portfolio, Customers like Brett Martin can have the exact same quality and performance as fossil-based Makrolon® polycarbonate without changing existing production processes
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Covestro uses a mass balance approach through ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) to assign this low carbon material to Brett Martin, enabling Brett Martin to offer customers new sheet options
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Partially moving away from fossil feedstocks, as well as providing the benefit of secondary use for bio-recycled feedstocks, allows the process to reduce the carbon footprint of Makrolon® RE by 84%
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The carbon footprint is further reduced by using 100% renewable electricity directly through Brett Martin's own dedicated wind and solar facility during the extrusion of the Marlon BioPlus sheet
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The mass balance approach provides practicality and certification to users of the Marlon BioPlus range in flat, multi-layer and corrugated polycarbonate sheet form
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This opens new doors for specifiers, processors and manufacturers to select more sustainable polycarbonates from renewable sources with a low carbon impact
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William Martin, Director of Brett Martin, commented: "The push for sustainable, carbon-neutral plastic materials is well underway, and we are now taking it a step further by introducing Makrolon® RE from a mass-balanced and certified bio-recycled feedstock source
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