(AGENPARL) – mar 31 ottobre 2023 Versalis: construction site for plastics chemical recycling
plant opens in Mantua
San Donato Milanese (MI), 31 October 2023 – Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has
begun construction of a demo plant in Mantua to develop Hoop®, its proprietary
technology for chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. Hoop® stems from a joint
project with Italian engineering company S.R.S. (Research and Development
Services). The venture is aimed at developing an innovative technology that
complements mechanical recycling by transforming mixed plastic waste into raw
materials to produce new virgin polymers.
The project was made possible by the collaboration – initiated in 2020 – with Corepla
(National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging)
to enhance the value of post-consumer plastics from national recycling collection.
The technology, named Hoop® to evoke circularity, has been integrated with the
plastics pyrolysis product purification technologies of Technip Energies (T.EN), a
leading engineering and technology company for the energy transition, developing a
technology platform for advanced chemical recycling.
The Hoop® technology demo plant will have capacity to handle 6,000 tonnes of
secondary raw material, and is scheduled to be up and running by the end of 2024.
Hoop® is the only Italian technology to have won an award from the 2023 ‘EU
Innovation Fund’, allocated by the European Commission with a total of €3.6 billion
and focused on innovative low-carbon technologies – with 239 projects submitted and
41 total winners.
«The Hoop® project is an important step forward in Versalis’ strategy to develop
chemical recycling technology, complementary to mechanical recycling, to ensure full
circularity for all plastics. The project will boost the recycling of plastic waste, thereby
contributing to the recycling targets at national level in order to achieve the ones set
by the European Commission» commented Versalis CEO Adriano Alfani.
Eni Company Contacts:
Web Site: http://www.eni.com – https://www.versalis.eni.com