WD News: LANXESS To Launch Sustainable Water Treatment Products Through Renewable Raw Materials
The Scopeblue resins of Lewatit brand have a carbon footprint that is up to 67 percent smaller than conventional types and consist of more than 90 percent renewable raw materials. In accordance with the mass balance approach they are chemically identical to conventional products and are produced in the same plants using the same processes.
In addition to its conventional ion exchange resin portfolio made from fossil-based raw materials, specialty chemicals company LANXESS is now also offering products based on renewable raw materials following the mass balance approach. The new product family initially encompasses three weak acid and two weak base ion exchange resins.
The company aims to make its entire supply chain climate-neutral by 2050. The switch to sustainable raw materials is expected to play a central role in this.
“With our new ion exchange resins based on sustainable raw materials, we are taking another step on this path. In addition, we are helping our customers to achieve their own climate targets,” says Bettina Blottko, head of the Liquid Purification Technologies business unit at LANXESS.
The three new Weak Acid Cation (WAC) have a carbon footprint that is up to 67 percent smaller than conventional types and consist of more than 90 percent renewable raw materials. In accordance with the mass balance approach they are chemically identical to conventional products and are produced in the same plants using the same processes.
The new types now included in the Lewatit product portfolio will be marketed under the LANXESS Scopeblue sustainability umbrella brand.
Source & Image Courtesy: LANXESS AG
