Honeywell and Sacyr to open plastic chemical recycling plant in Spain

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Technology firm Honeywell and services business Sacyr have announced a joint venture for a 30,000 tonnes per year plastic chemical recycling facility in Spain.

To be situated in Andalucía, it will represent the commercialisation of Honeywell’s UpCycle process that will turn mixed plastics into Honeywell Recycled Polymer Feedstock. It is expected to be operational in 2023.

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This process uses molecular conversion, pyrolysis and contaminants management technology to convert waste plastics into new plastics.

Sacyr Circular manager Domingo Jiménez said: “Our partnership with Honeywell will enable Sacyr to bring sustainable, circular solutions to market. The speed with which we can start up plants and the global viability of this solution has the potential to greatly accelerate the impact we can have on the communities we serve, the environment, and society as a whole.”

Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies president and chief executive Vimal Kapur added: “Plastics play an important role in our society, including expanding the shelf life of food and making vehicles lighter, which reduces their emissions. Unfortunately, only a fraction of plastics today can be successfully recycled.

“Honeywell’s UpCycle process helps fix this problem. By broadening the types of plastic that can be recycled, UpCycle will revolutionise the plastics economy and play a critical role in improving the sustainability of many of the products we use on a daily basis.”

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