Refining, textiles and petrochemicals

Reliance Industries

Reliance has a named circular-polymer route at Jamnagar. The real work is to preserve quality and chain of custody from waste plastic to pyrolysis oil to a grade that a buyer can run.

Industry
Chemicals & Advanced Materials
Evidence through
Sources
5 public

Key facts

Company
Reliance Industries
Industry
Chemicals & Advanced Materials
Materials
Plastics, Textile fibers
Processes
Recycling
Evidence through

Material inputs to resolve

Refining, petrochemicals, polymers, textiles and circular materials

Reliance's FY2025-26 integrated report says Jamnagar has ISCC PLUS-certified production of CircuRepol and CircuRelene circular polymers from chemically recycled plastic-waste pyrolysis oil. The same report describes PET recycling, polyolefin recycling and circular-polymer development. Public sources do not establish plant allocation, feedstock supplier, product-grade TDS, batch availability or buyer commitment.

ISCC PLUS Jamnagar circular-polymer certification

29,715 t Plastics recycled, FY2025-26 BRSR

34,430 t Plastics safely disposed, FY2025-26 BRSR

Open Grade, allocation and buyer evidence

  • Post-use plastic destined for chemical recycling
  • Pyrolysis oil, virgin feedstocks and mass-balance records
  • Catalysts, energy and polymer-process inputs

Outputs and residuals to resolve

  • CircuRepol and CircuRelene circular polymers
  • Polyolefin products and potential recycled-content claims
  • Nonconforming feedstock and processing residuals

First decision: Choose one circular-polymer grade and one buyer application. Test the incoming waste-plastic specification, pyrolysis-oil chemistry, ISCC PLUS scope, mass-balance allocation, TDS, COA and processing performance together.

Named operating route

Reliance reports ISCC PLUS-certified CircuRepol and CircuRelene production at Jamnagar using plastic-waste pyrolysis oil.

EPR evidence

Its FY2025-26 BRSR records 29,715 tonnes recycled and 34,430 tonnes safely disposed for plastics including packaging.

Technology boundary

Chemical recycling can support a circular-polymer lane only if feedstock quality, allocation and product performance remain controlled.

Evidence boundary

Public reporting does not identify a supplier, capacity allocation, grade-specific technical data or contracted customer.

Decision boundary

Jamnagar gives Reliance a real physical entry point. It does not turn all plastic waste into a qualified polymer. The material decision lives in the chain from specific waste input to a specific buyer-grade resin.

Material flow map

Material or streamQualification gateProcess or destinationEvidence still needed
MaterialQualification gateProcess or destinationEvidence still needed
Waste plasticPolymer mix, contaminants and preprocessingPyrolysis-oil productionAcceptance spec, yield and supply allocation
Pyrolysis oilChemistry, traceability and ISCC scopeJamnagar circular-polymer routeMass balance, plant allocation and quality controls
Circular polymerMelt properties, additives and application fitBuyer conversion or productTDS, COA, line trial and customer approval

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

Three defensible entry lanes

Qualify the oil, not the slogan

The critical intermediate is pyrolysis oil with a defined chemical profile.

Next evidence: Waste-bale specification, oil assay, contaminants, yield and transfer record.

Build one certified grade dossier

ISCC PLUS supports traceability but does not replace a technical data sheet.

Next evidence: Certificate scope, mass-balance method, TDS, COA and grade allocation.

Connect Jamnagar to one converter decision

A circular resin becomes commercial when it clears a named application test.

Next evidence: Buyer product, processing conditions, performance target and approval process.

Evidence register

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

Material Transition editorial interpretation

The next useful working session starts with: Choose one circular-polymer grade and one buyer application. Test the incoming waste-plastic specification, pyrolysis-oil chemistry, ISCC PLUS scope, mass-balance allocation, TDS, COA and processing performance together.

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