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Industries we supply, and what each one screens on

Written for buyers. The same barrel changes value with every industry it enters, and so does the question that decides the deal. This page collects both, industry by industry.

We broker waste-based feedstocks and renewable fuels in both directions. Alongside the collectors and producers who place volume with us stand the industries that take it: steam crackers, refineries, carbon black producers, marine fuel suppliers, aviation, oleochemical plants, feed producers, resin and coatings manufacturers and packaging companies. What is a defect on one side of the trade is a specification on the other: a high sulphur reading rules an oil out of a steam cracker and changes nothing for a fuel blender, and an acid oil priced on total fatty acid is an Annex IX question for a biodiesel plant and a cost question for an oleochemical buyer. This page is written from the buying side. Tell us what your plant runs on and we will tell you honestly which of our suppliers can hold that specification, at what certification, and what a realistic qualification timeline looks like.

How we work a file
  1. 1You send the facts
  2. 2We test the market
  3. 3We introduce
  4. 4You contract directly
  5. 5We stay reachable

We never take title, so the contract is always between you and the counterparty.

The industries, at a glance

Ten industries take the bulk of what we place. The table is deliberately blunt: if the screening question in your industry does not appear here, ask us what replaces it, because it exists.

IndustryMaterials we place with themWhat the deal screens on
Steam crackers and polymer producersPlastic pyrolysis oil (PPO), bionaphthaChlorine in ppm, ISCC PLUS mass balance, stability of the specification over batches
RefineriesBiofeedstock for co-processing, TPO for upgradingWaste or product status, mass balance accounting, metals and water
Carbon black producersTyre pyrolysis oil (TPO)Aromaticity, sulphur, ash and consistency of supply
Marine fuel suppliersTPO and heavy fractions as blending componentsISO 8217 fit, sulphur cap compliance, flash point
Aviation and SAF suppliersSAF (HEFA-SPK), and UCO, tallow and fish oil as SAF feedstockASTM D7566 pathway, ISCC scope, carbon intensity
Oleochemical, personal care and pharma downstreamRefined glycerine, TOFA, vegetable and technical oilsPurity, MONG, colour, and the audit trail behind the grade
Animal feed producersCategory 3 tallow, feed glycerine, distillers corn oilABP category, approval numbers, Free Fatty Acid and stability
Resins, coatings and friction materialsCNSL and distilled cardanol, tall oil pitchCardanol content, acid number, rosin share
Packaging and brand ownersFood grade rPET, certified recyclate under mass balanceIV, PVC in ppm, food contact approval, PPWR claim rules
Recyclers and pyrolysis plant operatorsWaste plastics as feedstock, outlets for their own oilsBale and regrind quality, PVC content, logistics economics

Steam crackers and polymer producers

The highest-value home for plastic pyrolysis oil is a steam cracker taking it as circular feedstock under ISCC PLUS mass balance, and this is the most demanding qualification on the list. Chlorine is the gate: crackers work to single digit ppm and untreated mixed plastic oil tests in the hundreds. What a cracker buyer wants beyond the number is repeatability, because a cracker cannot re-tune its furnace for every parcel.

  • Plastic pyrolysis oil (PPO) into crackers and polymer producers, qualification through a pilot parcel and successive sampling rounds. How the qualification runs.
  • Bionaphtha for bio-based polymers or gasoline blending, where the certificate decides which market the molecule is worth more in. Bionaphtha brokerage.

Refineries

Refineries take our materials through two doors. Co-processing runs bio feedstock alongside crude under mass balance, with the fuel product covered by the ASTM D1655 Annex A1 limit for co-processed components. The other door is upgrading: tyre-derived and other pyrolysis oils bought as streams to run through existing units, where metals, water and solids decide whether the economics survive the pretreatment.

  • Co-processed naphtha and kerosene from refineries that run our feedstock, and the mass balance behind the claim. Co-processing.
  • Tyre pyrolysis oil bought for refinery upgrading. TPO brokerage.

Carbon black producers

Furnace black plants run on feedstock that is part fuel, part chemistry, and aromatic heavy oils sit close to what a tyre-derived oil offers. TPO is not a like for like replacement for standard carbon black feedstock: sulphur, ash and batch consistency have to be managed, which is why qualification starts with a burn trial rather than a price conversation.

Marine fuel suppliers and bunker blenders

Heavy pyrolysis fractions work as blending components, and bio-based streams are entering the pool as the sulphur cap and FuelEU squeeze conventional bottoms. Two limits run the conversation: the ISO 8217 grade the end vessel actually needs, and flash point, which is where pyrolysis-derived components most often fail. We do not present an off-spec cargo as on-spec; where a stream only fits as a component under a buyer's own quality management, we say exactly that.

  • TPO and heavy fractions as marine blending components, placed with suppliers who test before they blend.
  • Off-spec and distressed parcels that still hold value in fuel outlets, placed fast while demurrage runs. Off-spec cargoes.

Aviation and SAF suppliers

On the buying side this splits in two: finished sustainable aviation fuel under ASTM D7566 for fuel suppliers and airlines working to ReFuelEU, and the feedstocks that HEFA producers need to make it, which is where most of our volume sits. Feedstock carbon intensity is becoming as decisive as price, because it passes straight through the CORSIA and ReFuelEU accounting.

  • SAF, neat and blended, HEFA-SPK under ASTM D7566 Annex A2. SAF brokerage.
  • UCO, animal fats and fish oil as SAF producer feedstock, with the traceability chain that survives an audit. UCO and animal fats.

Oleochemical, personal care and pharmaceutical downstream

For these buyers the certificate matters less than the purity figure and the audit trail behind it. Refined glycerine for downstream use is specified on purity and the impurities that survive refining, and a technical grade that clears a fuel specification comfortably can still fail a personal care brief. Crude tall oil and TOFA compete with biofuel demand for the same barrel, so timing and origin decide what is available.

Animal feed producers

Category 3 material is the rule here, with the ABP framework deciding what may go where and establishment approvals deciding who may handle it. Feed buyers screen on category paperwork first and quality second, which is the reverse of the fuel trade and catches new suppliers out.

  • Category 3 tallow, feed glycerine and distillers corn oil, with the approval numbers in order before the cargo moves. Animal fats and tallow.

Resins, coatings and friction materials

A quiet corner of the portfolio that has nothing to do with fuel. Technical CNSL and distilled cardanol go into resins, friction linings and surface coatings, and tall oil pitch finds outlet in the same industrial chemistry. These buyers screen on cardanol content and acid number, not on sustainability certificates, and the supply routes run through Vietnam, India and West Africa.

Packaging, FMCG and brand owners

Recycled content obligations under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation turn rPET and certified recyclate into procurement questions with deadlines attached: 30 % recycled content in contact sensitive PET packaging and in single use beverage bottles from 2030. Food grade rPET is specified on intrinsic viscosity and PVC in ppm, and the claim behind it, food contact approval or mass balance, needs to be in the paperwork before the contract, not after.

Recyclers and pyrolysis plant operators

Operators run in both directions with us: they buy feedstock, and they need dependable outlets for the oils and fractions their plants produce. For the buying side, feedstock quality is the whole business case: PVC content in a plastics stream is the chlorine problem moving downstream, and bale quality decides yield before the plant is even involved.

How buying through a broker actually works

We are paid a brokerage commission on concluded business, agreed in advance and carried by a named side, so for most buyers the introduction costs nothing beyond the commercial terms. On feedstocks and fuels we never take title, which means the supply contract runs directly between you and the producer and we are never your supplier of record. What we bring is the qualification work: counterparties that already clear your KYC rather than starting it, sampling rounds that catch problems before a cargo, and documentation that reaches your plant complete.

Frequently asked questions

We are a buyer, not a seller. Can we approach you?

Yes, and roughly half of the desk works for exactly that side. We source supply for refiners, crackers, blenders, carbon black plants and end users, and we qualify the seller before an introduction rather than after it.

What do you need from us before you start sourcing?

The specification your plant actually runs to, not a wish list: parameters with their limits, monthly volume, delivery basis and location, the certification scheme your own accounting requires, and how a trial would run at your site. With that we can tell you within a working day whether the panel holds it.

Do you quote prices on this website?

No. Market levels are discussed with counterparties directly and are not published. Two quotes for the same product are often not comparable anyway, because certification, basis and payment terms hide in the number. We do not publish price assessments.

How does qualification of a new supplier run?

Documents first, then the laboratory, then the plant. A certificate with the right scope, a dated analysis from a recognised laboratory, retained samples, and a pilot parcel into your own tanks or a trusted terminal. Two or three consistent batches is when term volume becomes realistic.

We need monthly term supply, not a spot cargo. Can you hold that?

Term is the larger part of the business, and it is where a broker earns the commission: supplier qualification, sampling rounds and certification take weeks to months, and we would rather tell you that timeline honestly than promise a start date a producer cannot keep. Tell us the volume profile and we will tell you what is realistic to commit.

Can you supply under ISCC EU or ISCC PLUS mass balance?

Yes, within the limits of what the counterparties' certificates actually cover. The scope of the certificate and the certified product group decide what claim you can make downstream, so we check both before an introduction rather than discovering the gap at your audit. See ISCC certification.

Our procurement policy requires three comparable quotes. Do you run tenders?

We are not a tender platform. We bring the counterparty that fits your specification and your lane, and where more than one realistic counterparty exists we say so. If your purchasing policy formally requires a multi quote process, tell us at the start: we would rather decline cleanly than fill in a form that was never going to conclude.

We are a waste management company. Is this relevant to us?

Yes, twice over. Your fractions are raw material for someone on this page, and if you run your own pyrolysis or recycling line, the feedstock and the offtake are the two halves of your business plan. Both directions run through the same desk.

Our incoming cargo was rejected at discharge. Can you help?

That is a speciality of the desk. The commercial placement of a rejected or off-spec parcel runs alongside your insurer, surveyor and average adjuster, and speed matters more than price discovery once demurrage is running. We are not an insurance intermediary and give no insurance advice. See off-spec and distressed cargoes.

Which buyers do you not serve?

Retail and household quantities, because below freight economics nobody wins. And on feedstocks and fuels we are never the seller of record: the contract runs between you and the producer, so if your process needs a principal counterparty, additives and blending components are the one line where we act as principal.

Market news

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Sources and further reading

Primary sources for the rules and figures on this page, so you can check them yourself. Legislation is amended: always read the consolidated text on the date that matters to you.

Who to ask about Industries we serve

Just ask. Buying rather than selling? Send the specification, the volume and the certification your process needs, and you will get a straight answer on whether our supplier panel can deliver it, including when the answer is not yet. You get Bart van den Brug on the other end, same working day, in English or Dutch, and across the team also in French, Portuguese, Polish, Czech and Russian.

On how we work: on the feedstocks and fuels on this site we are a broker. We never take title, we do not trade our own book, and we are paid a commission on business that concludes. Additives are the one exception: those we also buy and sell for our own account, and we say in which capacity we are acting before you commit to anything. Either way you will hear it from us when the answer is no, or when your parcel is not ready for the conversation you want to have. A market read or a second opinion on a specification costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

Happy to look at whatever you have, even if it is half an analysis and a question.

+31 6 115 83 448
bart@sustainablecommodities.eu
Sustainable Commodities 3 B.V., Lemmer, the Netherlands

Last reviewed 27 August 2026. Regulatory references are given for orientation and are not legal advice: verify against the current Official Journal text before contracting.