Shell Polymers collaborates with material science specialist for recycled PE films

Shell Polymers has partnered with Charter Next Generation (CNG), a North American producer of specialty films, to provide ISCC Plus-certified chemically recycled PE. CNG will use the material in its high-performance flexible films for packaging.

Using Shell Polymers’ materials, CNG is producing custom film solutions across its manufacturing sites.The films offer functional integrity tailored to demanding applications such as packaging for pet food, meat, and healthcare products.

“This collaboration with CNG demonstrates how Shell Polymers is making circularity in plastics possible,” says Ryan Siegfried, the global marketing manager at Shell Polymers. 

“Our ISCC Plus-certified materials provide customers with traceable, flexible solutions that align with the needs of converters and brand owners who are committed to reducing plastic waste and supporting a more circular economy.”

John Garnett, senior vice president of Sustainability, Technical and Innovation at CNG, adds: 

“Advanced recycling represents a critical pathway toward achieving circularity in flexible packaging, especially for high-performance applications where functionality cannot be compromised.”

Meeting performance and regulatory criteria

Shell Polymers says it supplies CNG with circular PE using a mass balance approach. 

The ISCC Plus certification is assigned to material based on Shell Polymers’ use of pyrolysis oil from chemically recycled instead of virgin plastic. The company says that this diverts plastic waste from landfills. 

ISCC Plus credits are tracked and attributed using third-party standards, which according to Shell Polymers, allows downstream customers like CNG to produce circular packaging from virgin-grade resins to meet performance and regulatory criteria.

Shell Polymers says that its Monaca facility in Pennsylvania, US, is located “near the heart of the North American PE market and that it “plays a central role in helping to enable regional supply.” 

The site’s location further aims to support customer demand for traceable and scalable packaging solutions.