INEOS and PLASTIC ENERGY to collaborate on the construction of new plastic recycling facility
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
INEOS and PLASTIC ENERGY have announced a
collaboration on the construction of a plant to convert waste plastic into the
raw material to make new plastic. Production of the new facility would be
targeted for the end of 2023.
Press release: “INEOS and PLASTIC ENERGY to
collaborate on new advanced plastic recycling facility”, 21/4/2020.
Figure 1. INEOS and PLASTIC ENERGY to
collaborate on the construction of new plastic recycling facility
PLASTIC ENERGY’s patented technology called Thermal Anaerobic Conversion
(TAC) transforms end-of-life plastic waste (high and low density polyethylene,
polypropylene and polystyrene) into new feedstock (TACOIL) to create clean
recycled plastics or alternative low-carbon fuels. This new recycled raw
material could be used by many INEOS sites to produce virgin plastic for use
across medical products, food packaging, lightweight automotive parts and pipes
for safe water transportation.
First trials of product from PLASTIC ENERGY’s
current advanced recycling process have been completed (the company operates
two plants in Andalusia). The new raw
material has been successfully converted into virgin polymer through the INEOS
cracker at Köln (Germany). The plastics made from this trial will now be used
by selected customers and brands to demonstrate the benefits of the process. Advanced
recycling makes it possible to produce final product with an identical
specification to virgin material.