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Alpla and GC open Thai recycling plant
After 18 months of construc- tion and installation, packaging and recycling specialist Alpla and PTT Global Chemical (GC) have opened a new recycling plant in Thailand. With a production capacity of 45,000 tonnes/yr of recycled PET and HDPE, it is set to be one of the largest recycling plants for these plastics in Asia and will greatly strengthen the region’s circular economy. Located in an economic zone in the south-eastern province of Rayong, the plant is equipped with the latest recycling technology and production lines required to manufacture high-quality plastic recyclates with food-contact approval from the US FDA. The 30,000 m² plant is situated on a plot of land measuring approxi- mately 90,000 m² meaning there is significant space for future expansions. Kongkrapan Intarajang, GC CEO and President, said: “The production plant is part of our long-term circular economy strategy to fully
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Above: The new 30,000 m² rPET and rHDPE plant in Rayong
realise GC’s value chain. It also has the added benefit of creating jobs within the community while simultane- ously aligning with the Thai government’s Bio-Circular- Green Economy Model.” Bernd Wachter, Alpla
Corporate Director Circular Economy & Recycling Asia, said: “Demand for recycled, sustainable packaging materials is rising sharply in Southeast Asia, and high- quality plastics have a key role to play. With this new plant, we are applying our many years of expertise in the treatment and process- ing of packaging made from
post-consumer recycled resins in Thailand.” In early 2021, the Alpla
Group announced that it would invest an average of €50m a year until 2025 in the ongoing expansion of its recycling with a focus on closing the gap in as many regions as possible. In total, the annual
production capacity of Alpla’s recycling companies and cooperations around the world amounts to approximately 203,000 tonnes of rPET and 74,000 tonnes of rHDPE. �
www.alpla.com �
www.pttgcgroup.com
Twelve member compa- nies of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste including Amcor, Barilla, Haleon, Henkel, Mondelēz International, PepsiCo, and Unilever, have sent a letter addressed to suppliers, regulators, and investors, demanding the procurement of chemi- cally recycled material produced in line with their environmental safeguards. A wider survey of coalition member companies indicates demand for over 700,000 tonnes/yr of chemically recycled material by 2030, in addition to mechani- cally recycled materials. By expressing their
interest in procuring these materials, companies are sending a strong signal underlining the need for scale in plastics chemical recycling infrastructure while maintaining the environmental safeguards. �
www.theconsumer-
goodsforum.com
Biotrend Energy to apply UpCycle Process
Biotrend Energy has said it will be apply- ing Honeywell’s UpCycle Process Technology at its planned recycling plant in Turkey, building on Honeywell’s recent announcements that the chemi- cal recycling technology is also set to be used in the US, Spain, and China. The Turkish facility is expected to have the capacity to transform 30,000 tonnes/yr of mixed waste plastics into
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feedstock for polymer production, and when completed will become the first commercialised waste plastics recy- cling facility in the country using this technology. UpCycle Process Technology involves molecular conversion, pyroly- sis, and contaminants management. It expands the types of plastics that can be recycled to include those that would
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otherwise go unrecycled, including polystyrene, multi-layered packaging, flexible and coloured varieties. Honeywell will provide related engineering and technical services, including start-up, commissioning, and technical support during the plant’s lifetime. �
www.biotrendenerji.com.tr �
www.honeywell.com
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
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