Magnum Launches New Tubs Made Using Certified Circular Polypropylene From Sabic’s Trucircle Portfolio

Magnum, the world’s favorite ice cream brand, announced the roll out of more than 7 million ice cream tubs made with certified circular polypropylene from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ initiative that uses feedstock made from recycling used, mixed plastic.

The launch represented the “world’s first” tub within the ice cream industry that contains recycled plastic and that aims to contribute towards the challenge of keeping plastic waste out of the environment and in the value chain.

New Magnum tubs have been developed in close collaboration of Unilever and SABIC. To be able to answer consumer’s expectations of robust packaging from Unilever’s A-brand ice cream, SABIC has reportedly developed a new polypropylene impact copolymer for frozen food packaging.

SABIC’s material uses post-consumer mixed plastic as feedstock, which is broken down into its molecular building blocks, to create virgin plastics, which are then used to produce these new recyclable ice cream tubs.

“We are proud to be the world’s first ice cream brand to pioneer this ground-breaking technology”, said Julien Barraux, vice president, Global Magnum. “Through this new approach, we hope to lead the food and refreshment industry towards a more sustainable future, paving the way to a circular economy.”

By the end of 2020, Magnum will use an estimated 160,000 kilograms of certified recycled plastic material. The move is part of Unilever’s wider global packaging commitment to halve the company’s use of virgin plastic, by reducing its absolute use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tons and accelerating its use of recycled plastic by 2025.

The Magnum tubs are now available in Europe and due to be launched globally from 2021 onwards.

For more information, visit https://www.sabic.com.