This trade is inherently cross-border. Feedstock is collected where people live and eat, processed where there is capacity, and consumed where there is a mandate, and those are rarely the same place. We work on pyrolysis oil projects and feedstock flows across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, with team members in the Netherlands, Brazil, Scotland, England and the Czech Republic, and counterparty relationships considerably wider than that.
Pyrolysis oil projects
Pyrolysis is being built out in very different regulatory and commercial environments at the same time, and the questions differ by region. We are involved with projects and counterparties in:
- United Kingdom: our own brokers in England and in Scotland. UK counterparties are covered from the UK, not from the continent.
- Middle East: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar.
- Asia: India, China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.
- Europe: Spain, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Turkey, Georgia.
- Americas: United States, Brazil, Chile.
Why the region changes the deal
The same tonne of pyrolysis oil is a different commercial proposition depending on where it is produced and where it lands.
- Waste status and shipment. In the EU, whether the oil is a waste governs the entire paperwork chain, and since 2026 plastic waste movement itself has changed sharply. See waste plastics.
- Which claim is available. A circular polymer claim needs ISCC PLUS mass balance and a cracker. A fuel claim runs through the recycled carbon fuel rules. See plastic pyrolysis oil and recycled carbon fuels.
- Offtake proximity. A project without a realistic buyer within sensible freight distance has a different business case from one next to a cracker, regardless of how good the oil is.
- Feedstock security. Input quality, particularly PVC content, is decided by the local collection and sorting system, and that varies enormously between the regions above.
Feedstock and fuel flows
Alongside pyrolysis we work the established flows: used cooking oil and animal fats into European fuel production, POME and residues out of Southeast Asia, vegetable and technical oils, glycerine, fusel oil out of the ethanol producing regions, and finished FAME, HVO and SAF into obligated markets.
Our own people sit in the Netherlands, Brazil, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom, where we have brokers in both Scotland and England. That matters most for origination and for verification: someone who can visit a site, look at a tank and ask the awkward question in person is worth a great deal more than another email chain.
What we do not claim
We are a brokerage, not a multinational with offices everywhere. Where we have depth, we have real depth. Where we do not, we will say so and either work through a partner or tell you plainly that you need someone else. That is a more useful answer than a map with pins on every continent.
Frequently asked questions
Where do you have people on the ground?
The Netherlands, Brazil, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom, with brokers in both Scotland and England. Counterparty relationships extend considerably further, across the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, but those five are where our own team sits.
Do you work on pyrolysis oil projects outside Europe?
Yes. We are involved with pyrolysis projects and counterparties in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, India, China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Georgia, the United States, Brazil and Chile, alongside European projects.
Can you help a project that is still in development?
Often the most useful stage to involve a broker. The questions that decide a project's economics, which buyers can actually run the output, what the chlorine specification has to be, whether the waste status works for the intended destination, are cheaper to answer before the plant is built than after.
Do you arrange international shipping?
We advise on freight optimisation and supply chain routing and we can help find storage, but we are a broker rather than a freight forwarder and we do not issue bills of lading. See storage and logistics.
Which languages do you work in?
English and Dutch directly. Through our team we also cover Portuguese in Brazil and Czech. We do not work in German, and we would rather say so than promise it.
Can you place cargo in regions where you have no team?
Sometimes, through partners and counterparty relationships. But we will tell you honestly when a region is outside what we can genuinely cover, rather than take an instruction we cannot execute.
Who to ask about Where we work
Ask us. Developing a project, or looking for offtake in a specific region? Tell us where you are and what you have. We answer the same working day, in English or Dutch, and there is no charge and no obligation for a market read or a second opinion on a specification.
You get Bart van den Brug directly, not a call centre and not a form that goes nowhere. We are an independent broker: we never take title, we do not trade our own book, and we are paid a commission only on business that actually concludes. That is why we will also tell you when the answer is no.
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Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V., Lemmer, the Netherlands
Last reviewed 09 August 2026 by Bart van den Brug, Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V. (KvK 99665042), Lemmer, the Netherlands. Regulatory references are given for orientation and are not legal advice; verify against the current Official Journal text before contracting.