Dow launches lower carbon, bio-based, and circular propylene glycol solutions

Decarbia, Ecolibrium, and Renuva technologies support more sustainable offerings for propylene glycol applications

Dow launched a new range of propylene glycol (PG) solutions featuring alternative – lower carbon, bio-based and circular – feedstocks in Europe. Customers can now deliver end-products to a broad range of industries, such as pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food, with third-party validated sustainability benefits due to a mass balance approach. This mass balance approach traces the flow of sustainable raw materials used to manufacture PG through a complex value chain and attributes it based on verifiable bookkeeping; an approach that has received ISCC PLUS certification.

“We recognise demand has increased for the use of renewable materials to reduce carbon and enable circularity. By applying our low-carbon, bio-based, and advanced recycling technologies, we are making this a reality for PG. Our customers will benefit from the same high-quality performance with a more sustainable material,” said Andrew Jones, global business director, Dow CAV & POPG.

Using innovative technologies, three new sustainable propylene glycol product lines will now be available in Europe and certified through ISCC PLUS:

Propylene Glycol RDC featuring Decarbia reduced carbon solutions from renewable energy sources

Propylene Glycol REN featuring Ecolibrium bio-based technology from 2nd generation bio-based raw material

Propylene Glycol CIR featuring Renuva recycled content from post-consumer waste streams

PG RDC, PG REN and PG CIR are suitable for a broad range of applications across industries as diverse as agricultural, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, textile and food. Over the coming months, Dow intends to launch equivalent products in other regions of the world.