LyondellBasell, Pigeon Singapore develop nursing bottles from renewable polymers

Netherlands-based advanced recycler LyondellBasell has collaborated with Pigeon Singapore, a company that manufactures maternity and childcare products, to develop nursing bottles using LyondellBasell’s CirculenRenew polymers.

LyondellBasell’s CirculenRenew polymers are made from renewable feedstocks such as cooking oils, which are allocated using an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus certified mass balance approach. CirculenRenew is used in the cap and hood of Pigeon’s SofTouch T-Ester, polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) and glass nursing bottles, as well as in the cap, hood and bottle of the polypropylene (PP) and PP straw bottle.

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“At LyondellBasell, we are committed to creating solutions for everyday sustainable living and supporting our customers in achieving their sustainability goals. Our CirculenRenew product family enables this progress,” says Allen Yu, senior vice president of LyondellBasell, Asia Pacific. “We are very excited to collaborate with Pigeon Singapore on this project, which represents a milestone as we are supplying, for the first time, CirculenRenew grades for baby products.” 

According to LyondellBasell, CirculenRenew PP has a 70 percent lower product carbon footprint (PCF) than fossil fuel-based PP.

“Our goal is to support parents in providing the best for their babies, and this includes a more sustainable environment for the children to grow up and thrive in,” Pigeon Singapore CEO Yusuke Nakata says. “Over the past few years, we have been studying our material sources and switching to alternative options where possible. Using bio-based plastic for our nursing bottles is an exciting breakthrough and we are proud to cooperate with LyondellBasell to introduce this meaningful range.”

In collaboration with Japan-based trading company Iwatani Corp. and LyondellBasell, Pigeon introduced its new line of SofTouch nursing bottles in Indonesia last month. The company says it will release the product in Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa and Oceania later this year.