Roberto Werneck. Braskem.

 

Braskem’s  Green  PE    Industrial  Biotechnology  

Braskem  –  industrial  footprint  

Renewable  chemicals  lab  –  Campinas,  Brazil  

I’m  green™  Polyethylene  

Some  I’m  green™  PE  applicaDons  

Ecover Bottle/Home Care Ecover

Nomacorc Closures/Beverages Wine Corc Select Bip

McCain Multilayer Packaging Film/Food Frozen Reesh Fries

Sphere Can Liner/Trash Bags Alfapac Vegetal Origin

L’Occitane Bottles/Personal Care Bonne Mère

Papier Mettler Durables Bags Retaliliers: Kaiser/Rewe/Rossman

Procter & Gamble Bottle/Personal Care Shampoo Pantene Nature Fusion

Eletrolux Appliance for washing machines Ecologic

Producing  I’m  green™  PE  

Sugarcane captures CO2

FIRST STEP Sugar mill: Production of sugar, ethanol and renewable power

Goods made from Green PE

100% recyclable

SECOND STEP Production of Green Ethylene from Ethanol

FINAL STEP Polymerization to produce Green PE

ImplicaDons  of  using  sugarcane  as  fedstock  

Food  versus  fuel?    Sugar  mills  produce  both  ethanol  and  sugar  

Effluents?  Bagasse  and  vinasse  are  re-­‐used  

Loca?on  Sugar  cane  juice  ferments  spontaneously  !

Level  of  integraDon  

FIRST STEP Sugar mill: Production of sugar, ethanol and renewable power

SECOND STEP Production of Green Ethylene from Ethanol

FINAL STEP Polymerization to produce Green PE

INTEGRATED SITE MULTIPLE SITES

Ethanol

Ethylene

Ethanol  specificaDon  

•  Ethanol  targets  the  fuel  market  •  Mills  use  fuel-­‐grade  specifica?ons  •  Impuri?es  that  burn  are  ok  for  the  fuel  spec    

but  may  have  nega?ve  impact  to  chemical  processing  

Use  exis?ng  fuel-­‐grade  spec?    

Create  new,  chemical-­‐grade  spec?    

Roberto Werneck. Braskem.  

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