GREEN
Sustainable Rubber
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Cada día se coordinan más esfuerzos para superar el modelo de economía lineal y conseguir cauchos más respetuosos con el modelo de economía circular.
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Estrategias como la desvulcanización, recuperación y reciclaje ya están consideradas por varias investigaciones e industrias.
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Qué es y qué hace la industria del Caucho para agilizar la descarbonización industrial e incrementar la circularidad de los elastómeros.
Debemos ir hacia una química ¨verde¨ y una economía circular.
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The six strategic building blocks are focused on greenhouse gas emissions, product environmental footprint, responsible chemistry, sustainable products, sustainable solutions and corporate social responsibility.
The results of the study ¨Silicones¨ role in supporting the EU Green Deal´s decarbonization goal, commissioned to expert sustainability consultancy, reveal an annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-saving potential of 96,4 Mt in 2030. This is equivalent to the carbon footprint of 36 million people's electricity consumption (for reference, poland has 37 million inhabitants). These savings are projected to be of 42,6 Mt by 2050 for silicone-using technologies, compared to non-silicones alternatives.
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​¨There is no question that stopping global warming is a top priority for policymakers in the EU and beyond. It is now time to accelerate the pursuit of carbon-free ambitions, and silicones will be essential facilitators of that change, as our latest study shows¨. ¨With substantial emissions savings thanks to silicones, we look forward to propelling EU decarbonization ambitions forward ¨.
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Following the methodology of a 2012 study on the GHG emissions impact of silicones, silanes and siloxanes, the paper focused on 11 relevant applications of silicones in transportation, construction, electricity, electronics, and manufacturing. Those sectors were chosen based on their key role in achieving the EU Green Deal decarbonization objectives via the delivery of CO2 savings. For the calculation of the GHG balances and benefits, data was collected through a comprehensive survey among downstream user, literature research, as well as collaboration with industry experts, and Silicone Europe member companies.
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Overall, each application of silicones analyses in the study shows a larger emission-saving potential compared to alternative applications which do not use silicones. This points to the importance of the silicone industry in supporting the Green Deals decarbonization goals.
Chemistry is helping to give silicone rubber scraps that would have been land filled or incinerated a second life to use as silicone oil.
The Silicone is broken down into basic building blocks and then rebuilt or ¨polymerized¨ into silicone oil. This process includes adding special catalysts until the Silicone rubber is broken into basic, chemical silicone chains in liquid form.
