Non-recyclable plastics to be transformed into fuel in the plant of Bin2Barrel at the Port of Amsterdam
Type of post: NEWS.
The Port of Amsterdam will house a new facility
where non-recyclable plastic will be converted into fuel (see press
release, 7/5/2018). The first project of Bin2Barrel,
a Dutch company established in 2012 to make the most
of plastic wastes, has already initiated its construction stage.
Key data of the project
Location
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Port of
Amsterdam
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Feedstock
and processing capacity
|
35,000
tons of non-recyclable plastic (not suitable for mechanical recycling).
The flow
of non-recyclable plastic comes from Dutch waste collectors and processors. Normally, these streams would be
incinerated or landfilled.
|
Products
and production capacity
|
30 Ml of ultra-low sulphur diesel (EN590) for the transportation industry.
Although
it is also suitable for other sectors, the focus is on the marine industry.
|
Investment
|
28 M€
|
Start-up
|
It is
expected to be up and running by the end of this year.
|
Figure 1. Model of the plastic-to-fuel plant (extracted
from Bin2Barrel website)
This is the first time ever that the technology is being applied
commercially. According
to Bin2Barrel, the fuel
to be produced in the new facility is a sustainable alternative to traditional transport fuels as:
- emits 80% less CO2 compared to
regular diesel (well-to-wheel),
- has a return on energy in combustion nearly
three times higher than in direct burning of plastic in waste incinerators.
The processing of non-recyclable plastic waste
in the new plant will lead to a reduction of 57,000 ton CO₂ emission per year compared to today’s manner of waste management.
The aim is to eventually build four plants in the Port
of Amsterdam and expanding into the entire Benelux and Germany, in order to
make better use of the huge amounts of non-recyclable plastic throughout
Europe. Also, it is expected to generate valuable chemical components from the
plastic (chemical recycling) instead of producing fuels.
