Renewable feedstocks are raw materials from biological, waste, or sustainable sources. They offer alternatives to conventional fossil-based inputs. Furthermore, manufacturers use them to produce many value-added green chemicals. These include plasticizers, binders, epoxides, surfactants, lubricants, polymers, and biomaterials. Moreover, industries worldwide accelerate their transition towards sustainability. Therefore, renewable feedstocks become essential building blocks. In addition, both the energy and chemical sectors increasingly rely on them.
The shift towards renewable feedstocks is driven by both environmental and regulatory imperatives. Under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil can deliver carbon savings of up to 83% compared to fossil fuels. Similarly, biomethanol and bio-based chemicals derived from natural by-products contribute significantly to reducing dependence on fossil resources and lowering lifecycle carbon emissions.
Renewable feedstocks supplied by Equilex serve a wide range of downstream uses, from biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production to green chemistry, resin manufacturing, coatings and specialty chemical synthesis. Biomethanol has many commercial applications in agrochemical, fabric, textile, paint, adhesive, wood processing and pharmaceutical industries, and its applications are increasingly being recognised as a biofuel or fuel additive.
Equilex supplies a focused range of renewable feedstocks including used cooking oil (UCO) , a key waste-based feedstock for biodiesel and renewable diesel production, biomethanol, a sustainable drop-in alternative to fossil methanol, and cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL), a versatile natural phenolic oil used in resins, coatings, lubricants and specialty chemicals.
Equilex supplies renewable feedstocks with full traceability, sustainability documentation and regulatory compliance, including RED II certification where applicable, supporting industrial customers in meeting their sustainability commitments worldwide.
