15%

Watertreatment

Incinerator

Electricity

Waste to Chemicals

By combining the carbon from waste with hydrogen, we can make key chemicals such as methanol in

a circular process, insteadof using natural gas

Waste

Salt mining in the Netherlands started over 100 years ago, when the Dutch KNZ

was founded

85% of pharmaceuticals are made using

chlorine chemistry

CO2

Carbon2Chem

Instead of emitting it, we combine CO2 produced during steel production with hydrogen to make metha-

nol and other chemicals used as raw materials

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In Delfzijl,AkzoNobel uses

steam produced from waste, saving over 100.000 tonnes of

CO2 per year

Steam

PlasticsFuelsFuelsFertilizerFertilizer AluminumPulp & Paper

Salt mining

H2

Hydrogen

Cl2

Chlorine

Saltpurification

Electrolysis

85%

NaOH

Caustic soda

Industries worldwide rely on materials from AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals for the manufacture of everyday products such as paper, plastics, building materials, and personal care items.

The business unit Industrial Chemicals helps industries make many of these products using an essential ingredient: salt.

From 2020, a new waste-to-chemicals plant in Rotterdam will save up to 300,000 tonnes of CO2 each year, by converting waste into new materials

instead of burning it

Caustic soda is used to make

aluminum, which is increasingly used to

make lightweight products to help save costs and emissions

from transport

Besides producing it from salt, AkzoNobel

is also working on making "green" hydrogen directly from water using

renewable power

More than 45% of the energy used by AkzoNobel

comes from renewable sources. Table salt

Road salt

Pharma salt

Duringelectrolysis,

electricity is used to split salt water into three essential raw

materials

Product examples:Product examples: Pharma