Plastic Energy

Watch the video below for a virtual tour inside our #advancedrecycling plant with SABIC in Geleen, the Netherlands. The joint venture (SABIC Plastic Energy Advanced Recycling B.V.) is in its final stages of construction, and will have a capacity of 20,000 tonnes of #plasticwaste per year when operational.   With the completion of this plant, we hope to reduce the amount of plastic waste going to landfill and incineration, and create a more #circulareconomy for plastics in the Netherlands, and Europe.

Our statement of solidarity following the Spanish floods: As a company with its founding and continued operations in the Andalucía region of Spain, this crisis has had a deep impact on us. While our sites have remained untouched, like so many, we have witnessed the devastation. We extend our deepest sympathies to the flood affected regions. Our thoughts are particularly with those who have lost their lives, lost loved ones, or had their lives irrevocably altered as a result of these disasters. As a company, we will be making a private donation to the recovery effort, and we have shared a link below for anyone who wishes to contribute. ************************************** Como empresa con operaciones continuas en la región de Andalucía, España, esta crisis ha tenido un profundo impacto en todos nosotros. Mientras nuestras plantas no han sido afectadas, hemos sido testigos de la devastación. Extendemos nuestro más sentido pésame a las regiones afectadas por las inundaciones. Nuestros pensamientos están particularmente con aquellos que han perdido la vida, han perdido a sus seres queridos o sus vidas han sido alteradas irrevocablemente como resultado de este desastre. Como empresa, haremos una donación privada para el esfuerzo de recuperación y hemos compartido un enlace a continuación para cualquiera que desee contribuir. https://lnkd.in/dTGzdytc

📢 ICYMI - on Wednesday the UK government announced an agreement to adopt mass balance accounting for plastic recycled content.   We are pleased to see them recognise the benefits and complementarity between mechanical and chemical #recycling. They also acknowledged the need to support the scale-up and investment in advanced chemical recycling technologies. 📈♻   We encourage the European Union and other governments to follow suit and ensure chemical recycling can be rolled out globally.   https://bit.ly/3AbkWiT

We were excited to welcome the judges, sponsor and award winners of the ICIS Innovation Awards 2024 to celebrate their success at the annual Winners Luncheon at the Savoy, London, this week. These prestigious awards recognise the innovative efforts of key contributors within the chemical industry, including BASF/SABIC/Linde, Plastic Energy, LANXESS and Brenntag SE. Special thanks to Knowde for co-hosting the event with us and for sponsoring this year’s award for Best Digital Innovation by an SME or Large Company. You can access exclusive coverage and interviews with the winners, as well as insights from Knowde, in a special free edition of ICIS Chemical Business (ICB). Download here: https://lnkd.in/ed-hEG7H #InnovationAwards2024 #ChemicalIndustry #Innovation

📢 What does chemical recycling look like in practice? And how can it be deployed at scale? Last week, our Head of Policy and Sustainability Adela Putinelu spoke at #Sustpack2024 organised by Smithers, where she discussed the important role #chemicalrecycling has to play in increasing overall #plasticsrecycling rates in Europe. ♻ The new European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation will boost market demand for recycled content in all types of plastic packaging. Chemical recycling is needed at scale to achieve the target for contact sensitive plastics and increase overall recycling rates. While this ambitious piece of legislation is a good first step, implementation and enforcement are key to incentivise the market and step up investment in #chemicalrecycling.

Join the rest of the polyolefins industry as we rethink strategies in an oversupplied market at the 9th ICIS Asian Polyolefins Conference. - Dive into the evolving landscape with Mohamed Azougagh , General Distribution Manager at Tricon Energy, unpacking China’s shift from importer to exporter and its ripple effects on distribution and pricing. - Explore innovative materials with Nopadol Suanprasert , President of Global Biopolymers, who will shed light on bioplastics and fiber composites as sustainable alternatives. - Discover the potential of chemical recycling for creating a circular economy with Ying Staton, CFA , Chief Sustainability Officer at Plastic Energy. - Hear more on innovative approaches to polymerisation and process technologies to enhance polyolefin production with Worawat Chuencheep, Senior Researcher and Polymerisation Team Lead at PTT Group . With less than a month to go, don’t wait any longer to register: https://lnkd.in/enSQ2jm7 #PolyolefinsConference #polyolefins #bioplastics

📢 Ahead of the final UN Global Plastics Treaty talks next month, there must be a coordinated global effort to tackle the #plastic waste crisis. 🌍 A range of solutions, including investment and policies to boost plastics #recycling, are needed to reduce #plasticpollution worldwide.  

📢 As part of our #circularsummer campaign, we shared how our #chemicalrecycling process works. But how does it compare to traditional mechanical #plasticsrecycling? Let's break down the differences below - and explain how the two complement one another.   🔘 First, how do the two processes work? Mechanical recycling usually involves shredding, melting, and reforming plastics into new items without changing their molecular structure, while chemical recycling breaks plastics down into their original building blocks.   🔘 Which plastics do we recycle? We chemically recycle film and flexible plastic waste destined for landfill or incineration. This complements mechanical recycling which cannot recycle all types of plastic into food grade packaging.   🔘 How common are both methods? Mechanical recycling is responsible for the bulk of plastic recycling, while chemical recycling is a newer technology, operating at commercial scale for less than a decade. 

This week our Head of Policy and Sustainability Adela Putinelu was back in Brussels for the #CleantechforEurope annual summit! 🇪🇺 The event featured insightful discussions with #cleantech leaders, investors, the European Commission and members of the European Parliament on accelerating the growth of green technologies in Europe's manufacturing sector. Plastic Energy became a founding member of the Cleantech for Europe Scale up coalition in 2022, a group of companies with the aim to deploy #cleantech at scale. European #cleantech companies hold the key to unlocking Europe's potential in this sector. Now, the #cleantech industry urgently needs investment, coupled with the right European #policy framework, to bring clean technologies to scale. Thank you to Jules Besnainou, Julia Reinaud, Ruben Davis, Zach Sporn, Bianca Dragomir and Suzana Carp for organising the event.