Circulen Brochure

EverydayCircularity
Unlock the circular potential of plastics

lyb.comEveryday
circularity
We believe in the circular possibilities of plastics,
supporting people through applications in homes,packaging, transportation and more.
Our Circulen brand of recycled and renewable-based
polymer offers complementary, innovative, sustainable
solutions that contribute to our customers’ sustainabilitygoals.
Our solutions help our customers develop moresustainable products, lower their carbon footprint
and unlock the circular potential of plastics.

2LyondellBasell (LYB) launched the CLCS business to support our ambition to produce and market at least 2
million metric tons of recycled and renewable‑based polymers annually by 2030.1 Our Circulen portfolio ofproducts supports the reduction of plastic waste by using recycled materials as a feedstock, and a lower
carbon footprint by using renewable-based content to replace feedstock from fossil-based sources.
The Circulen product portfolio includes:• CirculenRecover products are made from plastic waste through a mechanical recycling process and canalso be blended or compounded with traditional fossil-based products, allowing us to deliver high-quality
polymers with an optimal balance of performance characteristics and mechanically recycled content. Thesepolymers can be used in a wide variety of industrial, household and consumer products and packaging
applications.
• CirculenRevive products are made using an advanced (chemical) recycling process to convert plastic waste
back to its molecular level, which is then used as a feedstock in our conventional production processes toproduce new polymers, using an ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance approach. These polymers can be usedin highly regulated applications, such as food contact and healthcare.
• CirculenRenew products are made from renewable feedstocks derived from bio-based wastes and residual
oils, using an ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance approach. The use of renewable feedstocks offers a lower
carbon footprint, compared to fossil-based feedstocks, and the polymers can also be used in highly
regulated applications such as food contact and healthcare.
As part of a multi-pronged approach to the company’s sustainability ambitions, the launch of the CLCS
business is another concrete action the company is taking to advance the circular economy today, innovate
and invest for the future and partner across the value chain. By bringing sustainable solutions to life, LYB ishelping address the global challenges of ending plastic waste and taking climate action while meetingcustomer and brand owner needs.
Circulen products can be used in a variety of markets and applications. To learn more about theLYB Circulen family of sustainable solutions and its availability in your region, please visit our website at lyb.
com/Circulen or connect with your LYB sales representative.

1Production and marketing includes (i) joint venture production marketed by LYB plus our pro rata share of the remaining production produced andmarketed by the joint venture, and (ii) production via third-party tolling arrangements.

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Industry-leading
sustainability ambitions
and goals
LYB is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions foreveryday sustainable living. Through advanced technology andfocused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon
economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for ourcustomers, investors and society. We have structured oursustainability approach around three global challenges: ending
plastic waste, taking climate action and supporting a thrivingsociety. This approach shapes how we manage our business andexecute strategic objectives.

Ending plastic waste &building a circular economy

Taking climate action

Supporting athriving society

Plastic pollution is a critical issue,

We are committed to reducing

We actively contribute to a thriving

this is why we are accelerating ourGHG emissions from our global

society through our community

efforts to innovate, scale andoperations and value chain, and toengagement and our relentlessdeliver solutions to turn post-use

delivering solutions which advancepursuit of safety, operational

plastics into everyday products andour customers’ climate ambitions

excellence, and a diverse, inclusive

enable a circular economy.

and support society’s transition to aand equitable workforce.

low carbon world.
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Circulen familyof sustainable
solutions
The global portfolio is organized into
three primary and complementary
categories; CirculenRecover,CirculenRevive and CirculenRenew.

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CirculenRecover
CirculenRecover polymers offer a consistent, high-quality product containing
recycled material that can be used in a number of applications, such as consumer
rigid packaging and caps and closures.
• Available in a wide range of colors• Carefully sorted and cleaned to ensure consistent quality feedstock• We continue to take steps to boost our mechanical recycling footprint globally.
Our approach to mechanical recycling includes joint ventures and acquisitions in
Europe, Asia, and North America. This will enable us to further expand ourCirculenRecover portfolio of mechanically recycled polymers, creating highquality solutions for our customers while diverting plastic waste that could end up
in landfills, incineration or the environment.

CirculenRevive
Using advanced (chemical) recycling technology, CirculenRevive polymers are on
their way to becoming one of the solutions that can address the challenge of
hard-to-recycle plastics at scale.
CirculenRevive polymers support taking plastic waste that is not easily recoveredby mechanical recycling and converting it into a feedstock to produce newpolymers. This allows for larger volumes of plastic waste to return back into thevalue chain as high-quality polymers• A drop-in solution for all types of applications• An advanced recycling process is used to convert hard-to-recycle plastic waste
into feedstock for the production of CirculenRevive polymers. The advanced
recycled feedstock is mixed with conventional feedstocks in our process, andattributed to CirculenRevive products using a mass balance approach certified
according to the ISCC PLUS standard.
• CirculenRevive polymers enable our customers to produce materials forapplications that must meet strict regulatory requirements such as foodpackaging and healthcare items• Are equivalent to virgin polymers while offering an environmental value
proposition to brand owners around the world• The LYB crackers located in Wesseling, Germany, and Channelview, Texas, U.S, aswell as select polymer manufacturing sites are ISCC PLUS certified
The LYB comprehensive approach to advanced recycling includes secure access tothird-party pyrolysis oil and leveraging our innovation capabilities to develop andfurther scale up our proprietary advanced recycling technology, MoReTec. LYBMoReTec technology improves the ability to transform plastic waste to feedstockfor high-end quality polymers while offering CO2 footprint advantages such as theability to be powered by renewable electricity. In 2023, we made the final

investment decision to build a first-of-its-kind, commercial-scale advanced
recycling plant, MoReTec-1, using our proprietary MoReTec technology at our site in
Wesseling, Germany. Construction of MoReTec-1 is expected to be completed by6

the end of 2025.

CirculenRenew
With renewable raw materials, such as used cooking oil, as a feedstock,
CirculenRenew polymers offer a variety of polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene(HDPE, LLDPE and LDPE) grades that are equivalent to virgin polymer quality while
reducing fossil feedstock use and helping to reduce CO2 over the product life cycle.
These renewable-based polymers offer the same properties in terms of productperformance and regulatory approval processes. CirculenRenew andCirculenRenew Plus products (or grades) can therefore be applied to the same
applications as fossil-based equivalents offering the same properties andperformance. This makes these new grades a perfect drop-in solution for
applications like food packaging and/or high-quality requirement films such assurface protection films.
• The renewable feedstocks are used in our conventional production processes
along with conventional feedstocks, and are attributed to CirculenRenew
products using an ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance approach.
• CirculenRenew Plus products have a measurable renewable-based content, which
can be determined by C14 analysis. The renewable-based content is measured
and stated as a parameter on the Certificate of Analysis (CoA)• LYB has select crackers and polymer manufacturing sites in the United States andEurope that are ISCC PLUS certified. According to a peer reviewed Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) study in accordance with ISO 14040/14044, CirculenRenew
polymers have a significantly lower carbon footprint than their fossil-based
equivalents.

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About Us
We are LyondellBasell (LYB) – a leader in the global chemical industry creating
solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology andfocused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy.
Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors and society.
As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin
technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative
products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety
to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit
www.lyb.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

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