Agilyx has developed a process for chemical recycling of plastics.

BASF is driving the development of chemical recycling with on own brand.

BASF, Quantafuel and REMONDIS want to cooperate on chemical recycling of plastic waste.

Capital markets day 2021 of Covestro: Transformation towards the circular economy.

Carbios operates a pilot plant for chemical recycling on the base of enzymatic processes.

The term chemical recycling describes various processes and services of involved companies. There are different definitions and assessments of chemical recycling. In most cases it describes procedures in which plastic waste of different kinds is decomposed into the chemical ingredients using energy. 

LyondellBasell is planning a plant for chemical recycling of plastic waste in Wesseling, Germany. The plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year. Source One Plastics, a joint venture of LyondellBasell and 23 Oaks Investments, formed in October 2022, intends to supply the majority of the sorted processed feedstock. Construction is planned to be completed by the end of 2025.

(Source: LyondellBasell)

OMV and Interzero establish joint venture to build and operate a sorting facility for chemical recycling in Baden-Württemberg.

OMV has announced the final investment decision to build an innovative sorting plant developed by Interzero to produce feedstock for chemical recycling. In total, OMV plans to invest an amount of over EUR 170 mn to build this state-of-the-art facility in Walldürn, Baden-Württemberg. OMV will hold 89.9 percent of the shares in the joint venture and 10.1 per cent of the shares will belong to Interzero. The sorting facility will be the first of its kind to produce feedstock for OMV’s chemical recycling on a large industrial scale (source: press release by OMV).

REMONDIS and Pyrum have signed a letter of intent to build a plant for pyrolysis of used tyres in Bremen. That has been announced py Pyrum Innovations AG in a press release. From 20.000 tons of used tyres per year they plan to recover pyrolysis oil and the raw material carbon black with the Pyrum technology. The plant shall be located on a site owned by Weserport in Bremen, a subsidiary of the REMONDIS sister company Rhenus.

Researchers from Clemson University in South Carolina developed a new bio-based polyurethane and a process to recycle this new plastic as well.

The German authority UBA has released a background paper regarding chemical reycling.

The Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie (KIT) is researching on high temperature recycling processes.

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