Total Energy and Plastic Energy announced recently that they have agreed to deepen their existing cooperation in waste plastic recycling, with plans to build a new chemical recycling plant in Seville, Spain, to supply Total Energy.
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Plastic Energy said it will build a recycling plant on the same site as its existing operating facility in Seville.
The new plant is scheduled to start operations in early 2025 and will process 33,000 tons/year of post-consumer plastic waste and convert it into Tacoil raw materials
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It is reported that Total Energy will process Plastic Energy's raw materials into polymers at its European production facilities for applications such as food-grade packaging
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The two companies decided to cooperate after a process test at the Antwerp petrochemical plant in Belgium
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Total Energy and Plastic Energy announced in 2020 a joint venture to build a 15,000-ton/year waste plastics treatment facility at Total Energies’ Grandpuits petrochemical complex in France, which is expected to be operational in 2023
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In October last year, the two companies also established a strategic partnership with Freepoint Ecosystem, announcing the establishment of a similar recycling plant in Texas, USA, which will have an annual recycling capacity of 33,000 tons of plastic waste and is expected to start operations in mid-2024.
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