Home // Reduce Carbon Footprint by Replacing Traditional Materials Each year humans put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than natural processes can remove, amplifying Earth’s natural greenhouse effect. The new materials also offer sustainability benefits over the product lifecycle through carbon footprint reductions compared to competitive materials—PK base resin production emits up to 61 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than nylon and POM.

What is Carbon Footprint?  Reducing the carbon emissions from these activities can help meet your carbon reduction goals.  Typically, carbon emissions are calculated with the unit – carbon dioxide equivalent.

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New Maxxam™ BIO Bio-Based Polyolefins can be filled with up to 40% bio-filler from cellulose fiber.  Incorporating a bio-based resin with a natural filler further enhances sustainability and reduces product carbon footprint compared to fossil feedstock alternatives.   Aside from sustainability benefits, utilizing bio-based fillers improves lightweighting compared to polymers traditionally filled with talcum, calcium carbonate, or glass fiber.

Avient adds non-PFAS flame-retardant formulations to its Complēt™ PKE long fiber reinforced portfolio This combination of critical flame performance without PFAS, long fiber for high-impact performance, and polyketone for a lower product carbon footprint allows us to help customers improve their products while also lessening the collective impact on the environment.” Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint

Carbon Footprint Infographic Downstream COMMON TERMINOLOGY Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e): A common way to measure and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) Emission Standards: The classification of emissions across the supply chain Scope 1: Direct emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by an organization (e.g., company-owned vehicles, process emissions, and on-site heating) Scope 2: Indirect emissions from purchased indirect sources, such as the production of electricity and steam for an organization’s use Scope 3: Indirect emissions from sources up and down the supply chain, including materials, transportation of goods, and the processing, use, and end-of-life treatment of sold products Cradle-to-Gate: Carbon impact of a product from raw materials and product manufacturing Cradle-to-Grave: Carbon impact and analysis across the entire life cycle of a product from raw materials to disposal © 2023 Avient • www.avient.com • 1.844.4AVIENT Raw Materials Supply Chain UNDERSTANDING CARBON FOOTPRINT CO2e Transportation End-of-Life Treatment Processing of Goods Use of Products Transportation Chemical Processing Cradle-to-Gate (B2B) Cradle-to-Grave (B2C) SCOPE 3 INDIRECT SCOPE 3 INDIRECT Electricity Steam Company Facilities Company-Owned Vehicles SCOPE 1 DIRECT SCOPE 2 INDIRECT Reporting CompanyUpstream

Home // Reduce Carbon Footprint by Replacing Traditional Materials Each year humans put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than natural processes can remove, amplifying Earth’s natural greenhouse effect. The new materials also offer sustainability benefits over the product lifecycle through carbon footprint reductions compared to competitive materials—PK base resin production emits up to 61 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than nylon and POM.

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Homepage // News Center // PolyOne Showcases Its Expanding Portfolio of Long Fiber Thermoplastics at CHINAPLAS 2019 Both of these advanced long-fiber technologies are now commercially available in Asia. Formulations are available with glass, carbon or specialty fiber reinforcements, including glass/carbon hybrids, in engineering polymers ranging from polypropylene to PEEK.

In solvolysis, the chain length of matrix polymers is reduced toward monomers while removing the matrix from the fibers so that both the fibers and matrix chemical products can be recovered. This not only reduces waste but also lowers greenhouse gas emissions and offers opportunities for carbon capture. Conducting a comprehensive carbon footprint analysis is essential to making informed choices