What we do
The issue we’re here to solve
Plastics are key building blocks of modern society, indispensable in many of our modern products: from food packaging that helps avoid food waste and lighter car parts that make vehicles more fuel-efficient, to medical equipment that helps save lives.
At the same time, the plastic industry faces significant environmental challenges. Much of the plastic we produce is never recycled, and its production relies on fossil feedstock. In fact, plastics account for around 6% of global oil demand and 5% of global GHG emissions.
If the world is to meet 2050 net-zero targets, it is critical to develop fossil-free methods of plastic production.
Vioneo are fossil-free plastics pioneers - using green methanol to produce polypropylene and polyethylene at a commercial scale
The 28 Million Tonne Question - Closing Europe's Fossil-Free Polymer Gap
Europe will still need about 28 million tonnes of new virgin plastics every year by 2050, even with ambitious recycling.
So the question isn’t whether we need virgin polymers. It’s whether they’ll keep coming from fossil carbon.
Our response to the EU's evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive
Why Europe’s plastics policy must distinguish between fossil-based and fossil-free materials