Group Op de Beeck and TripleW join forces to convert organic waste into biobased plastics


Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.

Group Op de Beeck Materials & Treatment (Group Op de Beeck) and TripleW Ltd. (TripleW) will collaborate on the conversion of organic waste into biobased plastics.
News (TripleW website): “Group Op de Beeck & TripleW Collaboration”, 20/4/2020.

Figure 1. Group Op de Beeck processing site in the port of Antwerp where the trials will be performed (taken from the website of the company)

TripleW (formerly known as 3PLW) has developed a technology that treats food waste as renewable feedstock for the production of pure "polymer grade" lactic acid (building block of PLA bioplastic). Group Op de Beeck is a Belgian company focused on processing organic wastes and by-products to produce new high-quality raw materials. Group Op de Beeck is an ideal, complementary partner for TripleW’s process scale-up.

Over the next 18 months, TripleW will perform various large-scale trials on the processing site of Group Op de Beeck in Kallo (port of Antwerp), using commercial organic waste volumes as a proof of concept beyond the pilot scale setting.

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