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Eastman works on polyester and mixed plastics recycling
Eastman has started a project to develop chemical recycling technology for polyesters. The US company said it is currently conduct- ing an engineering feasibil- ity study on the design and construction of a commer- cial scale methanolysis facility and has engaged in discussions with potential partners on the develop- ment of the facility. Its goal is to be operating a full-scale, advanced recycling facility within 24 to 36 months. Eastman has more than
three decades of expertise in using methanolysis. The methanolysis process enables the company to break down polyester- based products into their polymer building blocks. These can then be reintro- duced to the production of
PU foam recycling
project Valenica-based Titan Recycling and partners Aimplas, Arcesso Dynamics, AMB Electroni- ca de Brescia and Gaiker are collaborating in the Foam2Foam project in Spain. The project focuses on development of a chemical recycling option for polyurethane foam waste from automotive and construction sectors. �
www.aimplas.es
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Eastman has completed pilot tests on its “carbon renewal technology” at its Kingsport site in the US
new polyester materials. The company says its advanced circular recycling technology can be used on low-quality polyester waste that would typically be diverted to landfills. This waste can instead be recycled with the technology into high-quality polyesters suitable for use in a variety
of end markets, including food contact applications. Eastman announced a second innovation project, which it calls “carbon renewal technology”, which it says is capable of recy- cling some of the most complex plastic waste, including non-polyester plastics and mixed plastics
that cannot be recycled with conventional recycling technologies. It noted waste materials such as flexible packaging and plastic films, among others, are suitable for the technology. The company has completed pilot tests at its Kingsport site in the US, and plans commercial production in 2019 by leveraging existing assets.
It said that, by modifying
the front end of its cellulos- ics production, the technol- ogy can use plastic waste as feedstock and converts it back to molecular compo- nents. The process partially oxidizes the plastic and, at a very high efficiency, con- verts it into the basic building blocks of certain Eastman products. �
www.eastman.com
Tesco starts recycling trials
Supermarket chain Tesco has started collecting plastics packaging to be recycled in ten of its UK stores as part of a trial with Recycling Technologies. The trial involves installa-
tion of ten collection booths at Tesco stores in and around the Swindon and Bristol areas. Recycling Technologies has devel- oped a process to turn waste plastic back into an oil product called Plaxx, which can be used as a feedstock. Customers can return to
trial stores a range of plastics packaging, from pet
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | March/April 2019
The trials are taking place in ten stores in the UK
food pouches to shopping bags and crisp packets, which are not usually recycled by British councils. Tesco is reducing the
amount of packaging it uses and has committed that all remaining packaging will be recyclable by 2025. �
www.tesco.com
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
PHOTO: EASTMAN
PHOTO: TESCO
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