Polyethylene, thermoplastic polymerised from ethyleneFree of colour and odour gas, made e.g. from, Naphtha (petroleum) by cracking or from bio-ethanol by dehydration, monomer of the polymer polyethylene ... More. Can be made from renewable resourcesAgricultural raw materials, which are not used as food or feed, but as raw material for industrial products or to generate energy. The use of renewabl... More (sugar cane via bio-ethanol). [bM 05/10]