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10 bioplastics MAGAZINE [04/23] Vol. 18 News daily updated News at www.bioplasticsmagazine.com Neste will invest in liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at its Porvoo refinery Neste (Espoo, Finland) has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. With the investment of 111 million euros, Neste will build the capacity to upgrade 150,000 tonnes of liquefied waste plastic per year. Upgrading is one of the three processing steps turning liquefied waste plastic into high-quality feedstock for new plastics: pretreatment, upgrading and refining. The investment is part of a broader project (PULSE*), which has received an EU Innovation Fund grant of EUR 135 million if fully implemented and is targeting a total capacity of 400,000 tonnes per year. Pretreatment and upgrading of liquefied waste plastic play an important role in Neste’s approach to chemical recycling. They allow the company to increase flexibility for processing lower-quality plastic waste and scale up processing the liquefied waste plastic into high-quality petrochemical feedstock in its existing refinery in Porvoo. “We have developed our capability to process circular raw material at the Porvoo refinery over the recent years and are now set to build a respective facility. The new facility processing 150,000 tonnes of liquefied waste plastic, is planned to be finalized in the first half of 2025”, states Markku Korvenranta, Executive Vice President of Neste’s Oil Products. The project will see Neste building new assets at the Porvoo refinery, but also leveraging existing assets through retrofitting, to scale-up chemical recycling fast and efficiently. The upgraded liquefied waste plastic will then be processed in the conventional refinery, in which it will replace a portion of the fossil resources processed at the Porvoo refinery. Required preparation works at the Porvoo refinery were successfully completed during the first half of 2023, enabling the construction work to commence without any delay. AT *) PULSE = Pretreatment and Upgrading of Liquefied waste plastic to Scale up circular Economy. Project PULSE is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Neste is the sole beneficiary of Project PULSE’s funding by the European Union. www.neste.com Cooperation on biobased BOPLA films Xiamen Changsu Industrial (Xiamen, China) and TotalEnergies Corbion(Gorinchem, the Netherlands) have announced a strategic cooperation agreement that will further advance the polylactic acid (PLA) industry. They will work together in the market promotion, product development, and research and development of new technologies and applications of biaxially oriented polylactic acid (BOPLA). Changsu Industrial is a leading global player in high-performance specialty plastic films. Changsu Industrial focus on three major product segments: new energy, biodegradable, and functional film materials. The development of BOPLA is a good example of strong collaboration between different players in the value chain. BOPLA is made with biobased PLA using biaxial stretching technology, making Changsu Industrial's BOPLA product BiONLY ® biodegradable and capable of significantly reducing the carbon footprint of packaging materials. AT/MT www.changsufilm.com | www.totalenergies-corbion.com Avantium awarded EUR 1.5 million EU grant Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), a leading technology provider in renewable chemistry, announces that it has been awarded a EUR 1.5 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe programme for its participation in the research and development programme HICCUPS. This programme aims to demonstrate the utilisation of CO 2 as a feedstock for the production of polyesters. The grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium over a period of four years, starting in September 2023. Under the HICCUPS programme, Avantium will convert CO 2 from biogas produced at wastewater treatment plants into the sustainable plastic material PLGA (polylactic-co-glycolic acid). PLGA with 80 % glycolic acid or more has an excellent barrier against oxygen and moisture and good mechanical properties. It is furthermore recyclable and both home compostable and marine degradable. PLGA can be used, for example, as a coating material and in moulded plastic materials. This makes PLGA an excellent alternative to fossil-based polyethylene. The HICCUPS programme, which has received a EUR 5 million EU Horizon Europe grant in total, will demonstrate the full value chain from biogenic CO 2 to polyester end-use and is expected to be executed over four years. AT/MT www.avantium.com
ioplastics MAGAZINE [04/23] Vol. 18 11 Compostable bioplastics biodegrade in real conditions, study confirms Chaire CoPack, in partnership with AgroParisTech (Nancy, France) and the University of Montpellier (France), has conducted a scientific study that validates the biodegradation of certified compostable food contact packaging in industrial composting facilities. The preliminary report of this study provides conclusive evidence that certified compostable packaging is a viable sustainable solution to waste management in the food packaging industry. The composting test used 20 tonnes of food – and bio-waste collected from households, along with 323 kg of assorted certified compostable packaging. In parallel, a control compost test was conducted with no packaging added. “We are thrilled to see the findings of this study”, said Paolo La Scola, the Public Affairs Manager at TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, The Netherlands). “The results send a strong signal to governments across Europe to grant certified compostable plastics access to biowaste collection and composting infrastructure. It’s necessary to reduce plastic waste mismanagement”. The research, carried out over a four-month period from October 2022 to February 2023, took place in real industrial composting conditions without forced aeration. Researchers from the University of Montpellier and AgroParisTech monitored the study in collaboration with the industrial composting platform of the Syndicat de Centre Héraut in Aspiran (France). The study examined commercially available food packaging representative of the European market such as compostable bags, film, food trays, and coffee pods composed of different resins certified for industrial composting (EN 13432) or home composting (NF T51-800). These products were made from biodegradable and compostable resins like PLA, PBAT, and complexed starch sourced from members of the French Association of Biobased Compostables, including Novamont and TotalEnergies Corbion. The report is currently under review. The preliminary report is available online. MT https://tinyurl.com/biodegradabilitystudy2023 https://tinyurl.com/fate-of-compostable-plastic daily updated News at From corn stover to biobased ethylene Dow's (Midland, MI, USA) agreement with New Energy Blue (Lancaster, PA, USA), staffed by experts with deep experience in bio-conversion ventures, is the first agreement in North America to generate plastic source materials from corn stover (stalks and leaves). This is also Dow's first agreement in North America to utilize agricultural residues for plastic production. “We are unlocking the value of agriculture residues in this new partnership with New Energy Blue”, said Karen S. Carter, Dow President of Packaging & Specialty Products. “By committing to purchase their biobased ethylene, we are helping to enable innovations in waste recycling, meeting demands for biobased plastics from customers, and strengthening an ecosystem for diverse and renewable solutions”. Under the terms of the agreement, Dow is supporting the design of New Energy Freedom, a new facility in Mason City, Iowa, that is expected to process 275,000 tonnes of corn stover per year and produce commercial quantities of second-generation ethanol and clean lignin. Nearly half of the ethanol will be turned into biobased ethylene feedstock for Dow products. This agreement also gives Dow similar commercial supply options for the next four future New Energy Blue projects, supporting New Energy Blue's ability to scale its production and support farmers by providing a reliable market for agricultural residues. The five projects are expected to displace over one million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions every year. Dow's share of these five projects will also lead to a reduction in its sourcing of fossil fuels and subsequent GHG emissions. This agreement would play a pivotal role in Dow's approach to building material ecosystems that value, source, and transform waste into circular products. By collaborating with the best partners and technologies for collection, reuse, and recycling of waste – in this case, using a renewable resource – Dow enables global material ecosystems to scale. Through this agreement, Dow would increase its use of renewable yet still recyclable resources, transforming them into products that consumers use every day. Since corn stover releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as it decomposes, Dow's agreement with New Energy Blue would also help reduce carbon emissions from agriculture by reusing this otherwise wasted carbon. Dow's use of biobased feedstocks from New Energy Blue is expected to be certified by ISCC Plus, an international sustainability certification program with a focus on traceability of raw materials within the supply chain. While Dow intends to mix agriculturebased ethylene into its existing manufacturing process, ISCC Plus's chain of custody certification would allow Dow's customers to account for biobased materials in their supply chains. AT www.dow.com | www.newenergyblue.com
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