NEWS Borealis to build plant in Austria


Polyolefin producer Borealis is designing a commercial- scale mechanical recycling plant to be located in Schwechat, Austria. The plant will use Borealis’


Borcycle M technology, which transforms polyolefin- based post-consumer waste into high-performance polymers suitable for demanding applications and has the capacity to produce over 60,000 tonnes/yr of advanced mechanical recycled polyolefin materials. The front-end engineer- ing design (FEED) stage will be carried out by green chemistry specialists Nextchem, upon successful completion of which Borealis expects to take a final investment decision in the second half of 2023 with a view to starting construc- tion by the end of 2023. The first volumes of recycled polyolefin products are expected in 2025. The plant will support


Borealis in delivering on its sustainability commitments, which target a supply capacity of 600,000 tonnes/ yr of circular products and solutions globally by 2025. “With our purpose to


reinvent essentials for sustainable living, Borealis is committed to rapidly increasing the share of recycled content across a wide range of high-perfor- mance polyolefins. Proof-in- point of the EverMinds mindset, this step demon- strates how innovative technology continues to advance circularity,” said Lucrèce Foufopoulos-DeRid- der, Borealis Executive Vice


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President of Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology. Borealis said mechanical


recycling plays a key role in its approach to achieving circularity. It acquired plastic recyclers MTM Plastics in 2016, and Ecoplast Kunstof- frecycling in 2018. � www.borealisgroup.com


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