Vioneo has collaborated with Lummus Technology to utilize its Novolen polypropylene (PP) technology for the ‘world’s first’ industrial scale fossil-free plastics production complex in Antwerp, Belgium, based on green methanol as feedstock.
The complex will also use renewable electricity and renewable hydrogen as key components to its operations. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 200KTA and will use 100% segregated green propylene and ethylene as feedstock to produce a range of polypropylene grades.
The companies say polypropylene will serve as a direct drop-in replacement for fossil-based alternatives. The plastics produced will be ‘fully traceable and CO2 negative’, designed to allow customers to reduce their Scope 3 emissions.
Lummus’ scope includes the technology license, process design package, support during the front-end engineering design phase and catalyst supply during ongoing operations.
Back in April, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) and the Bremen University of Applied Sciences (HSB) joined forces to recycle polypropylene packaging waste into filaments for 3D printing. HSB’s Laboratories for Circular Economy ensured that the waste was ground up, washed, and separated from unsuitable materials using float-sink-separation and near-infrared technology.
More recently, Procter & Gamble announced it will be using PureCycle’s recycled polypropylene resin in spout and dose caps for select bottles, which are set to hit the shelves next year. PureCycle’s PureFive Choice resin requires successful moulding at a select converter, and the resin is subsequently analyzed to work out whether it would match the colour of each qualifying package.
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