Dow is partnering with UPM Biofuels to commercialize a plastics offering for the packaging industry made with a bio naphtha produced from crude tall oil(CTO).Wood-based UPM BioVerno renewable naphtha is produced at UPM's biorefmery in Lappeenranta,Finland,from CTO,a residue of paper pulp production.Dow is using this feedstock to produce bio-based polyethylene(PE)at its production facility in Terneuzen,the Netherlands,for use in packaging applications such as food packaging to reduce food waste.Following a successful year-long trial program,Dow is now planning to scale production and address increasing global demand for renewable plastics.
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