# 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
- Collection: Active
- Materials: Plastics, Textile fibers
- Processes: Recycling
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/reliance-industries

## 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 stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Material | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
| Waste plastic | Polymer mix, contaminants and preprocessing | Pyrolysis-oil production | Acceptance spec, yield and supply allocation |
| Pyrolysis oil | Chemistry, traceability and ISCC scope | Jamnagar circular-polymer route | Mass balance, plant allocation and quality controls |
| Circular polymer | Melt properties, additives and application fit | Buyer conversion or product | TDS, 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

- **Integrated Annual Report FY2025-26** Reliance Industries https://www.ril.com/ar2025-26/RIL\_IAR%202026.pdf [1]
- **Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report FY2025-26** Reliance Industries https://www.ril.com/sites/default/files/reports/BRSR202526.pdf [2]
- **Sustainability reports** Reliance Industries https://www.ril.com/investors/financial-reporting/online-annual-report [3]
- **Integrated Annual Report 2024-25** Reliance Industries https://www.ril.com/ar2024-25/pdf/RIL-IAR-2025.pdf [4]
- **BRSR and circular-polymer disclosures** Reliance Industries https://www.ril.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/BRSR202324.pdf [5]

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.

## Sources

- [1] Integrated Annual Report FY2025-26 - https://www.ril.com/ar2025-26/RIL_IAR%202026.pdf
- [2] Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report FY2025-26 - https://www.ril.com/sites/default/files/reports/BRSR202526.pdf
- [3] Sustainability reports - https://www.ril.com/investors/financial-reporting/online-annual-report
- [4] Integrated Annual Report 2024-25 - https://www.ril.com/ar2024-25/pdf/RIL-IAR-2025.pdf
- [5] BRSR and circular-polymer disclosures - https://www.ril.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/BRSR202324.pdf

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