Covestro's Leverkusen and Dormagen plants receive ISCC Plus certification

Covestro's Leverkusen and Dormagen plants have now received the internationally recognized ISCC Plus certification for mass balance
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Together with the Krefeld-Uerdingen plant, which had already been certified the same year, the company can now supply its customers with products from a wide range of renewable raw materials from all three plants in the Lower Rhine in Germany
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These products include selected polycarbonate, polyurethane (PU) rigid and flexible foam components, PU coating and adhesive raw materials, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and specialty films
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They are characterized by the same good quality and performance as their fossil-based counterparts
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Sucheta Govil, Chief Commercial Officer of Covestro, said: “I am delighted that we can now offer our customers more certified mass-balanced products, helping them better achieve their sustainability goals and drive the transition to a circular economy
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In doing so, we are also supporting the use of alternative raw materials and reducing CO2 emissions along the value chain
.
"

Dr.
Klaus Schäfer, CTO of Covestro, added: "The raw materials for these products meet the high sustainability requirements of the ISCC Plus standard throughout the supply chain
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This is why we want to increase the use of alternative raw materials in our production.
, such as these renewable precursor materials
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In addition to our three plants in Germany, our plants in Antwerp and Shanghai are already ISCC Plus certified, with more to come
.
”

In the mass balance approach, bio-based or recyclable raw materials - reprocessed residual materials - are input at an early stage of raw material extraction and are classified equally into the finished product
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This saves fossil raw materials and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, while the quality of the mass-balanced product remains unchanged compared to purely fossil-based products
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Manufacturers can continue to use their proven formulations, equipment and processes
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ISCC ("International Sustainability and Carbon Certification") is an internationally recognized certification system for sustainability such as biomass and bioenergy
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The standard covers all stages of the value chain and is widely used worldwide
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ISCC Plus includes further certification options for technical-chemical applications and more, including plastics from biomass
.