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Viridor to supply Ineos and Unilever in UK


Waste management and recycling group Viridor has signed agreements to supply polyolefins producer Ineos and FMCG group Unilever with recycled polymers from its new £65m PCR plant at Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre, near Bristol, in the UK. The Avonmouth plant is claimed to be the UK’s largest multi-polymer recycling and reprocessing facility. It has the capacity to reprocess 81,000 tpa of packaging waste and produce 60,000 tpa of rPET, rHDPE and rPP in flake and pellet form. Viridor plans to increase production to 63,000 tpa by its third year of operation. Ineos said that since the


third quarter of this year, it has been able to offer a range of polyolefins which contain up to 50% PCR content. Ineos Olefins & Polymers CEO Rob Ingram said: “Our commitment to take material from this project helps to support investment in a new, state-of-the-art recycling facility. These new materials will meet growing demand


MOL buys Germany’s


Aurora MOL Group, the Hunga- ry-based oil, gas and petrochemical company, has completed the acquisition of German plastics recycler and compounder Aurora. Aurora collects and


The Avonmouth plant will produce 60,000 tpa of PCR materials


for increased levels of recycled content without compromise to product performance and quality.” Unilever has agreed an initial five-year contract to be supplied with recycled polymers from the Viridor plant. Sebastian Munden, Unilever UK & Ireland General Manager, said: “Unilever has committed to increase its use of recycled plastic and close the loop on plastic packaging. Limited availability of high-quality recycled content has, though, remained a challenge and that’s why we’re so pleased that our collaboration with Viridor will bring extra capacity online in the UK.”


The Avonmouth project is seen as an important contributor to companies meeting the UK Plastic Pact goal for 30% average recycled content to be used in all plastic packaging by 2025. Viridor MD Phil Pidding- ton said: “The unique design of the [Avonmouth] site – incorporating sophisti- cated energy recovery and recycling technology – al- lows for the transfer of power and heat to serve the recycling and reprocessing site, creating a truly resource and energy-efficient waste management solution.” � www.viridor.co.uk � www.ineos.com � www.unilever.com


recycles post-industrial plastic waste in the automotive sector. It produces ETP and PP recyclate-based com- pounds at its facility in Baden-Württemberg. “The recyclate-based


products of Aurora greatly complement our current product line, underlining our increas- ing efforts towards sustainable develop- ment,” said Ferenc Horváth, Executive Vice President of MOL Group Downstream. “As we strive to strengthen MOL Group’s presence as an automotive supplier, we recognized compound- ing as a key activity which we want to integrate in our business portfolio.” MOL said the acquisi- tion is part of its sustain- ability strategy. � https://molgroup.info


Launch of multiplier group for EU projects


A new Plastics Circularity Multiplier group has been formed around 20 EU-funded projects that are working towards a circular economy for plastics. The initiative, managed by EuPC, will communicate to policy makers, public and industry on innovations in plastic circular economy and new business


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opportunities and jobs in Europe. The group will pool resources and


expertise to “multiply” key messages from the projects, which are working in various areas, including collection, packaging and flooring. The group is led by the Demeto PET chemical recycling project.


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“The investment that the EU is making in the circular economy is on such a scale that it’s vital to communi- cate what that means for the environ- ment, citizens, businesses and cities across the continent,” said Alexandre Dangis of EuPC and Demeto. � www.demeto.eu


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


PHOTO: VIRIDOR


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