CHEMICAL RECYCLING | INNOVATION
Once operational, the demo plant, scheduled to
start up by early 2027, will convert 20,000 tonnes/ yr and represents a crucial step toward implement- ing the technology on an industrial scale. “Chemi- cal recycling can make a significant contribution to closing the loop and the BioBTX ICCP technology is a promising way of using waste to recover raw materials that we use in production,” said Thorsten Dreier, CTO of Covestro.
Tipping point “The development of chemical recycling has reached a crucial stage: demand for recycled solutions is growing, the regulatory framework is taking clearer shape, and many technologies are far advanced,” said Andreas Teir, Head of Liquefied Waste Plastics at Neste. “What’s needed to make it to the next level now is commitment and invest- ments into respective facilities. This is the time where trailblazers and first-movers emerge. Of course, being among the pioneers comes with certain risks and challenges, but as there is little doubt that we will need circular solutions at scale as soon as possible, being among the pioneers also comes with huge opportunities. At Neste,
through our own investments, we are creating demand for the liquefaction frontrunners to leverage these opportunities. We have the techno- logical know-how, can provide a flexible offtake, and have established connections with plastics manufacturers and brands who are already interested in accelerating circularity.” Neste says it has successfully concluded a series
of industrial-scale processing runs with increasing volumes of liquefied waste at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The runs in the second half of 2023 doubled the amount of waste processed to more than 6,000 tonnes/yr and led to the company’s first successful trial run using end-of-life tyres earlier this year. For this project, Neste sourced pyrolysis oil derived from EOL tyres by Swedish company Scandinavian Enviro Systems with the goal being to broaden the pool of waste streams. As a continu- ation of this project, Neste has formed a partner- ship with Covestro and Borealis whereby it supplies raw material to Borealis, which processes it into base chemicals phenol and acetone. These are then supplied to Covestro to use in the produc- tion of polycarbonates for automotive applications. German chemical producer BASF is involved in
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