Finnish company Neste and the Netherlands ' LyondellBasell have sold bio - based plastic and low - density plastic , created during the first at - scale production run at a German facility , to food and beverage product manufacturers . Independent testing revealed the plastics , made from vegetable oil and residues , contained more than 90 % renewable content and were of sufficient quality to be used for food packaging .
Finnish firm Neste and the Netherlands' LyondellBasell have sold bio-based polypropylene and low-density polyethylene, created during the first at-scale production run at a German facility, to food and household product manufacturers. Independent testing revealed the plastics, made from waste oil and residues, contained more than 30% renewable content and were of sufficient quality to be used for food packaging.