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Plan for PS chemical recycling facility in Europe is agreed


Ineos Styrolution, Trinseo, and Agilyx have announced a plan to build a commercial scale polystyrene chemical recycling plant in Europe as part of the Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) industry initiative. The new plant will be capable of processing up to 50 tpd of post-consumer PS feedstock. This project announcement in July follows “promising results” of an SCS evaluation study in which Agilyx carried out tests with samples of post-consum- er PS food packaging waste. Agilyx evaluated the composition of the waste feedstock and successfully recycled it back into its original monomer, using its proprietary depolymerisation technology. US-based Agilyx opened a PS chemical recycling plant in Tigard, Oregon in April 2018 and is involved with partners including Ineos Styrolu- tion and Americas Styrenics in other US projects. Jens Kathmann, Secretary General of SCS, said: “I am very happy that our


Protocol for HDPE


containers A Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for HDPE containers has been published as part of the RecyClass initiative led by Plastics Recyclers Europe. The protocol is a tool for addressing and testing specific design features with regards to recyclabil- ity of HDPE rigid packag- ing, which will contribute to a correct recyclability assessment of the overall package. � www.plasticsrecyclers.eu


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Styrenics Circular Solutions expects more PS recycling projects to be developed in


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the entire value chain.” Norbert Niessner, Director Global


member companies INEOS Stryrolu- tion and Trinseo now have taken it to the next phase and together with collaboration partner Agilyx will be driving the scale-up implementation in line with the EU Plastics Strategy. I am looking forward to many more projects to come to create a novel recycling infrastructure for styrenics in Europe together with key players from across


R&D/IP, Ineos Styrolution, and Chair of the SCS Technology Working Group, said: “We are excited by the results from the work we have already completed with Agilyx, which demonstrate how robust and advanced Agilyx’s depolymerisation technology for polystyrene is and underscores PS’ excellent recyclability.” n Ineos Styrolution is working with European dairy products group Müller to develop a circular chemical recy- cling system for PS yoghurt pots. The companies have agreed on a phased approach with a lab-scale phase to start this year, a pilot-scale phase starting in 2020 and a commer- cial-scale phase in 2022. Ineos Strolution also has other


recycling partnerships. � www.styrenics-circular-solutions.com � www.ineos-styrolution.com � www.trinseo.com � www.agilyx.com


Erema leaders win award


Erema’s Klaus Feichtinger and Manfred Hackl were among the winners of the European Inventor Award 2019 in June. European Patent Office (EPO) recog- nised Hackl (Erema Group CEO) and Feichtinger (joint CEO with Hackl until April, when he stepped down to pursue other activities), for their “exceptional achieve- ments in plastic recycling”. EPO said: “By thinking in


a new direction, these Austrian inventors reshaped plastic recycling. With their approach, waste plastics of many types can be turned into high quality pellets for


PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | July/August 2019


Klaus Feichtinger (left) and Manfred Hackl at the awards ceremony in June


new products. Today, more than 6 000 of their machines in operation worldwide produce over 14.5 million tonnes of plastic pellets annually.” EPO President António


Campinos praised all the winners at the award


ceremony: “These inventors’ stories show how patent protection can help turn innovation into market success. What’s more, intellectual property rights are fuelling the European economy.” � www.erema.com


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