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ing upon the companies’ initial agreement to scale circular plastics production through chemical recycling with the construction of a second plant in Weert, the Netherlands. The new plant will process 20,000 tonnes of waste plastic into pyrolysis oil feedstock, which will be used to produce new circular plastic at Dow’s Terneuzen site in the Netherlands.


Dow has been busy signing supply deals in the


recycling area, not just with Nexus Circular (see above) and Renew ELP. The group said in July it will be the main off-taker of post-consumer plastics from Valoregen’s project in Damazan, France, which will have capacity to process up to 70,000 tpa of plastics waste by the end of the end of Q1 2023. The project is unusual in being a hybrid recycling site combining chemical and mechanical recycling facilities in one location.


“By bringing these technologies under one roof, the plant will increase energy efficiency by ena- bling a yield greater than 80%, well above the average conventional mechanical recycling efficiency of approximately 60-70% – minimising waste – thanks to a smart energy management system,” says Dow. Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, announced in late July that it has developed a next-generation technology for addressing plastic waste. It says the process, which uses a proprietary catalyst, reduces the need for external energy sources. “This results in a signifi- cant reduction in CO2 equivalent emissions compared to the traditional advanced recycling technologies.” Jan Kalfus, Global Bioprocess Catalysis &


Circularity Manager at Braskem, says the project has demonstrated high production yields for valuable intermediates, such as aromatics and monomers. “We are scaling up our reactor that will provide important data to support our future expansion. The pilot project is planned for 2025 and the technology should become available at scale by 2030.” Currently located in a lab in Sarnia, Ontario,


Canada, Aduro Clean Technologies is expanding its R&D footprint to a much larger laboratory in London, Ontario. The purpose of the new lab is to house the bench scale process now under con- struction and to support optimisation of process parameters for its Hydrochemolytic technology. Aduro has also initiated the design of a pilot plant (1.5-2 tonnes/day of waste plastic feed) to be located in Ontario and expected to be completed before the end of 2023. Aduro is also advancing its relationship with the


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Chemelot Campus of Brightlands in the Nether- lands to build the next stage scale-up – a pre-com- mercial unit designed to process complex plastics that are harder to recycle and that are rejected by traditional mechanical recycling or thermal processes such as pyrolysis . Anticipation is for the process in Brightlands to be in the range of 10 to 25 tonnes/day (demonstration facility). Aduro continues to focus on the scale up of its


Hydrochemolytic process for the chemical recy- cling of mixed plastic waste. Ian McLennan, Senior Advisor Technology and Regulatory Affairs, says its process “involves the use of specific hydrogen donors combined with a proprietary process to specifically deconstruct various plastics (including addition polymers such as LDPE, HDPE, PP, and PS) to produce high yield, low molecular weight, saturated hydrocarbons that require minimal upgrading. Process engineering calculations have demonstrated a substantial reduction in GHGs for the Aduro process as compared to those involving thermal and hydrothermal cracking. “ The company plans to build a next-generation (so-called R3) reactor with a capacity of 2 tonnes/ day, which would be scalable up to 100 tonnes/day.


CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION: � https://agilyxgroup.com � www.amsty.com � www.pyrowave.com � www.michelin.com � https://styrenics-circular-solutions.com � www.elix-polymers.com � www.ineos-styrolution.com � https://recyclingtechnologies.co.uk � www.trinseo.com � https://nexuscircular.com � www.dow.com � www.shell.com � https://pryme-cleantech.com � www.basf.com � www.quantafuel.com � www.sabic.com � https://plasticenergy.com � https://totalenergies.com � www.vanheede.com � https://corporate.exxonmobil.com � www.lyondellbasell.com � https://muratechnology.com � https://renewelp.co.uk � www.epfl.ch/en (Plastogaz) � https://fuenix.com � https://valoregen.com � www.braskem.com.br � https://adurocleantech.com


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