As part of a new effort to advance the use of recycled ocean plastic, SABIC and Microsoft Corporation have collaborated to create Microsoft’s first consumer electronic product, The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse, with an exterior shell containing 20% recycled ocean plastic.

Microsoft began this project with an objective of creating a plastic resin made from at least 10% recycled ocean plastic as part of its commitment to achieve zero waste by 2030. After hearing the initial vision for the project, SABIC joined the effort to source the recycled material and to formulate a resin that satisfied Microsoft’s demanding quality standards.

The Microsoft design team collaborated with technologists at SABIC to provide feedback on prototypes made with the new resin. This effort resulted in several rounds of reformulation prior to arriving at a final version that exceeded Microsoft’s initial 10% goal. The final product contains 20% recycled ocean plastic by weight in its external casing or “shell.”

The SABIC-Microsoft collaboration envisions SABIC providing a new XENOY resin for Microsoft product use that is comprised of 20% ocean plastic, as part of SABIC’S TRUCIRCLE portfolio and services. This new XENOY resin with recycled ocean plastic can help reduce plastic waste in the ocean.

The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse is with an exterior shell containing recycled ocean plastic. 

For example, based on a resin grade comprised of 20% recycled content, for every 1kT of product containing recycled ocean-plastic XENOY PC/PET compound, an equivalent of 24 million single-use 0.5liter PET water bottles is removed from the ocean, ocean-feeding waterways, or ocean-adjacent shores.

This project has also provided a blueprint to demonstrate to the broader industry sector that recycling and reusing valuable plastic resins that have been recovered from the ocean, ocean -feeding waterways or where they have been washed ashore from these locations, is achievable when value chain partners use their knowledge and expertise and work together.

Abdullah Al-Otaibi, ETP & Market Solution General Manager at SABIC, said, “Our collaboration with Microsoft represents an exciting development in recycling and reusing ocean plastic to create high-quality consumer electronic products that meet Microsoft’s high-performance expectations, while also playing a role in cleaning up the world’s oceans.”

Frank Kuijpers, General Manager Corporate Sustainability at SABIC, stated, “By creating more sustainable materials and forging new collaborations, we are setting an example for the industry in how we can transform difficult-to-recycle materials such as ocean plastic into innovative products that can meet the high-quality demands of our customers.”

“The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse, with an outer shell made with 20% recycled ocean plastic, is the first consumer electronics product made with this XENOY resin. We are proud of the collaboration with SABIC that created this new resin from a challenging material that would otherwise remain in the ocean as waste,” said Donna Warton, VP Supply Chain and Sustainability at Microsoft.

As part of a new effort to advance the use of recycled ocean plastic, SABIC and Microsoft Corporation have collaborated to create Microsoft’s first consumer electronic product, The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse, with an exterior shell containing 20% recycled ocean plastic.

Microsoft began this project with an objective of creating a plastic resin made from at least 10% recycled ocean plastic as part of its commitment to achieve zero waste by 2030. After hearing the initial vision for the project, SABIC joined the effort to source the recycled material and to formulate a resin that satisfied Microsoft’s demanding quality standards.

The Microsoft design team collaborated with technologists at SABIC to provide feedback on prototypes made with the new resin. This effort resulted in several rounds of reformulation prior to arriving at a final version that exceeded Microsoft’s initial 10% goal. The final product contains 20% recycled ocean plastic by weight in its external casing or “shell.”

The SABIC-Microsoft collaboration envisions SABIC providing a new XENOY resin for Microsoft product use that is comprised of 20% ocean plastic, as part of SABIC’S TRUCIRCLE portfolio and services. This new XENOY resin with recycled ocean plastic can help reduce plastic waste in the ocean.

The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse is with an exterior shell containing recycled ocean plastic. 

For example, based on a resin grade comprised of 20% recycled content, for every 1kT of product containing recycled ocean-plastic XENOY PC/PET compound, an equivalent of 24 million single-use 0.5liter PET water bottles is removed from the ocean, ocean-feeding waterways, or ocean-adjacent shores.

This project has also provided a blueprint to demonstrate to the broader industry sector that recycling and reusing valuable plastic resins that have been recovered from the ocean, ocean -feeding waterways or where they have been washed ashore from these locations, is achievable when value chain partners use their knowledge and expertise and work together.

Abdullah Al-Otaibi, ETP & Market Solution General Manager at SABIC, said, “Our collaboration with Microsoft represents an exciting development in recycling and reusing ocean plastic to create high-quality consumer electronic products that meet Microsoft’s high-performance expectations, while also playing a role in cleaning up the world’s oceans.”

Frank Kuijpers, General Manager Corporate Sustainability at SABIC, stated, “By creating more sustainable materials and forging new collaborations, we are setting an example for the industry in how we can transform difficult-to-recycle materials such as ocean plastic into innovative products that can meet the high-quality demands of our customers.”

“The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse, with an outer shell made with 20% recycled ocean plastic, is the first consumer electronics product made with this XENOY resin. We are proud of the collaboration with SABIC that created this new resin from a challenging material that would otherwise remain in the ocean as waste,” said Donna Warton, VP Supply Chain and Sustainability at Microsoft.