Your Partner in Sustainability

Ultrapolymers is your partner in sustainable polymer solutions. As part of Ravago, sustainability is at the heart of what we do, stemming from many years of sustainable polymer innovation.

Through close partnerships with industry leaders including LyondellBasell, INEOS Styrolution, Ravago, DOMO, and Oceanworks, we champion eco-conscious materials and sustainability from design to manufacture. Our strong industry relationships facilitate the continuous development of novel material solutions, giving you an ever-growing suite of sustainable polymers to meet your project's needs.

How are Plastics Recycled?

Mechanical Recycling

Taking post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste and mechanically turning this back into granules for moulding...

Bio-based Polymers

Using renewable resources to make polymers with a significantly reduced carbon footprint, and in some cases compostable...

Advanced Recycling

Taking hard to recycle plastic waste and breaking them down to their raw ingredients to re-polymerise into new resin...

Mechanical Recycling

Taking post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste and turning this back into granules for moulding...

Bio-Based Polymers

Using renewable resources to make polymers with a significantly reduced carbon footprint, and in some cases compostable...

Advanced Recycling

Taking hard to recycle plastic waste and breaking them down to their raw ingredients to re-polymerise into new resin...

Design & Manufacture for Sustainability

At Ultrapolymers, we believe that sustainability starts at the conception of a project, and must be thought of in every aspect of bringing a product to market.

Find out how considering sustainability at every step of your project can help you reach your sustainability goals from Design through to Manufacture...

Sustainability in our DNA

Ultrapolymers' history starts with Ravago, founded in 1961 by Raf Van Gorp who embarked on building a business of recycling production waste from the plastics producing petrochemical companies.

Over the years that followed, Ravago has grown from one site in Belgium to a global network of plastics, chemicals and building materials supplying into a vast array of markets.

Ultrapolymers follows in the footsteps of Ravago, endeavouring daily to foster a culture of innovation in sustainability, putting our people and planet first in all that we do.

Within Ravago, we are passionate about ethical operations, wellbeing, fostering a supportive community and reducing our environmental impact.

Our commitment to Operation Clean Sweep minimises the loss of plastic granules to the environment helping to create a pollution free environment for future generations.

SustainabilityHow to incorporate recycled content into barrier films, without compromise

This article shares practical, industrially proven learnings from a real case study, supported by SK Functional Polymer, demonstrating, step-by-step, how to incorporate recycled content into barrier blown films.

SustainabilityNavigating the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations: PPWR, EPR & DRS

The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) are driving towards a circular economy for packaging, but regulatory approaches differ from country to country. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) replaces a patchwork of national rules with a harmonised approach to packaging across the EU, extending recycled-content requirements to almost all plastic packaging.

SustainabilityWhy Recycling Plants are Closing and What Needs to Change

Recycling is often presented as a straightforward solution to the plastic waste problem. In reality, the economics and infrastructure behind it are complex. In Europe, mechanical recycling plants are closing at an alarming rate. The reasons are clear and interconnected: high energy costs, volatile resin prices, and inconsistent policy enforcement.

EcoVadis Bronze Medal

In recognition of our sustainability achievements, Ultrapolymers has been awarded an EcoVadis bronze medal!

The sustainability assessment resulted in a score which put us in the top 12% of rated companies in the wholesale of waste, chemicals, fertilisers and agrochemical products.

However, we know this award is not a comfortable pillow we can rest on. In the spirit of the corporate social principles (CSR), we work to continuously better our processes to strive for further improvement in 2025!