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• Chemical recycling is complementary to mechanical recycling.
• More plastic can be recycled using chemical recycling.
• Chemical recycling could help address plastic waste.

Key takeaways:

• The shipping industry produces around 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and our biofuels are helping reduce emissions in what is a hard-to-decarbonize sector.
• Biofuels – lower-emission fuels from renewable sources such as plant and waste biomass – are important to reducing emissions in the industry.
• In 2022 and 2023 we delivered very low sulphur fuel oil to ships in the Port of Singapore.

Key takeaways:

• Our European R&D hub is helping drive lower-emission alternatives, from recycling innovations to sustainable aviation fuel.
• Scientists at our European Technology Center (ETC) are helping create a new type of multi-layer plastic packaging, where more than 50% can be recycled.
• We’ve also developed a proprietary technology at the ETC– to make sustainable aviation fuel from renewable methanol.

Key takeaways:

• We’re developing a breakthrough emissions-reduction technology.
• Carbonate fuel cells could capture CO₂ more efficiently, cost-effectively.
• We’ll demonstrate this technology at our Rotterdam site starting in 2026.