Itero's advanced recycling of plastics in Sittard-Geleen
Publieke samenvatting / Public summary
Aanleiding
Waste management companies collect more than 1.5 million metric tonnes of plastic waste annually in the Netherlands. Most of this waste cannot be recycled due to its diversity of plastics and the high level of contamination. Itero has developed an innovative pyrolysis process that can convert such mixed feedstocks into virgin building blocks, suitable for processing into new high quality plastics. The Itero pilot plant in the UK has tested a variety of mixed feedstocks and Itero has successfully confirmed the product quality and safety of the pyrolysis process. Their pyrolysis system offers the critical step to achieve a circular economy for plastics at a larger scale than other competitors, which has not been achieved to date. Itero intends to build a €30 million demonstration plant at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, The Netherlands and aims to study the required investments for this project.
Doelstelling
The goal of this environmental study is to map the investments required to establish a demonstration plant with the lowest environmental impact. Itero will also study opportunities for improving the pyrolysis process. With this, Itero aims to limit energy consumption, waste output and contaminants, in order to minimise the environmental impact.
Korte omschrijving
Activities are aimed at studying: - The local plastic waste landscape - Opportunities to optimise the equipment and process - Product quality and prediction thereof
Resultaat
Itero will report the following aspects based on their project: - Recommendations regarding the equipment - An effective design for the plastic waste pre-processing (quality assurance) for the plant at Brightlands Chemelot Campus - Insight into, and adjustments to minimise, the energy consumption of the demonstration plant
Waste management companies collect more than 1.5 million metric tonnes of plastic waste annually in the Netherlands. Most of this waste cannot be recycled due to its diversity of plastics and the high level of contamination. Itero has developed an innovative pyrolysis process that can convert such mixed feedstocks into virgin building blocks, suitable for processing into new high quality plastics. The Itero pilot plant in the UK has tested a variety of mixed feedstocks and Itero has successfully confirmed the product quality and safety of the pyrolysis process. Their pyrolysis system offers the critical step to achieve a circular economy for plastics at a larger scale than other competitors, which has not been achieved to date. Itero intends to build a €30 million demonstration plant at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, The Netherlands and aims to study the required investments for this project.
Doelstelling
The goal of this environmental study is to map the investments required to establish a demonstration plant with the lowest environmental impact. Itero will also study opportunities for improving the pyrolysis process. With this, Itero aims to limit energy consumption, waste output and contaminants, in order to minimise the environmental impact.
Korte omschrijving
Activities are aimed at studying: - The local plastic waste landscape - Opportunities to optimise the equipment and process - Product quality and prediction thereof
Resultaat
Itero will report the following aspects based on their project: - Recommendations regarding the equipment - An effective design for the plastic waste pre-processing (quality assurance) for the plant at Brightlands Chemelot Campus - Insight into, and adjustments to minimise, the energy consumption of the demonstration plant