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Chemical recycling sortation
A collaboration between Clariter, BioBTX, Bol- legraaf, and N+P will see the construction of what is said to be Europe’s largest and most advanced plastic waste sorting plant for the chemical recycling industry with a processing capacity of 350,000 tonnes/yr in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The project is expected to come online by 2025. Jasper Munier, Clariter Business Development Manager, said the project intends to improve feedstock preparation for chemical recycling and increase Dutch recycling rates. “As we are currently forced to focus on nonrecyclable plastic waste from surrounding member states, we hope the Dutch EPR organisa- tion will soon provide access to its waste streams for chemical recycling.” �
www.clariter.com
European Commission acts against 11 countries
The European Commission is taking legal steps against 11 member states calling on them to step up the imple- mentation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive. Belgium, Denmark,
Estonia, Ireland, France, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, and Finland are the countries that have not yet communi- cated to the Commission the measures necessary to ensure the full transposition of the directive. The member states concerned now have two months to respond and take the necessary measures. Otherwise, the Commission
may decide to refer the cases to the EU Court of Justice with a proposal to impose financial sanctions. The Single-Use Plastics
Directive is seen as an essential element of the Commission’s Plastics Strategy and the Circular Economy Action Plan as it stimulates the production and use of sustainable alternatives that avoid marine litter. The directive also contributes to the zero-pollution ambition for the EU benefiting public health, the environment, and climate neutrality, which aims to reduce plastic litter at sea by at least 50% by 2030.
The directive entered into
force on 3 July 2019, and member states had two years to transpose the legislation into national law. However, not all of them succeeded by the set deadline and in January 2022, the Commis- sion launched infringement procedures and sent out letters of formal notice to 16 member states. Several cases have since been closed with two, the Czech Republic and Malta, still pending analysis. Denmark and France had
indicated that their transposi- tion was complete, but the Commission found that some provisions were missing. �
www.ec.europa.eu
Nololex to expand US facility
Novolex is investing $10m to expand its capacity to recycle plastic bags and other polyethylene film at its facility in North Vernon, Indiana, US. The investment in new
equipment will enable the plant to produce 12,700 tons/yr of recycled material by the end of 2023. Stan Bikulege, Novolex Chairman and CEO said the
technology will reduce waste and provide much- needed recycled content that Novolex will be able to use in its products. �
www.novolex.com
New hope for PUR in old refrigerators
KraussMaffei, RAMPF, Remondis, and BASF have launched a new collabora- tion to investigate how polyurethane (PUR) insula- tion materials from old refrigerators can be re- turned to the material cycle, with each partner taking a clearly defined role in proceedings. After disposal, as
prescribed by the EU in Directive 2012/19/EU on
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waste electrical and elec- tronic equipment (WEEE), the rigid foam ends up as regrind, which until now has mainly been supplied to companies in the energy recovery sector. According to Plastic-
sEurope, this process recovers about 30% of the energy used in the produc- tion of PUR, but the carbon is not retained in the material cycle. The four partners hope
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | October 2022
to change that by using a depolymerization to obtain a recycled polyol. This process is
particularly challenging because it must be very robust in order to reliably convert post- consumer waste into a high-quality recycled polyol, but initial trials have produced positive results. �
www.basf.com �
www.kraussmaffei.com
Above: The project focuses on depolymerisation technology
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
IMAGE: BASF
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