{"id":103456,"date":"2024-07-22T10:26:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T06:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polymervapooshesh.ir\/?p=103456"},"modified":"2024-07-22T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:15:00","slug":"shell-says-its-chemical-recycling-goals-are-unfeasible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polymervapooshesh.ir\/en\/shell-says-its-chemical-recycling-goals-are-unfeasible\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell says its chemical recycling goals are \u2018unfeasible\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranpolymer\/Baspar <\/strong><\/em>Shell will no longer pursue its goal of turning 1 million tonnes of plastic waste into pyrolysis oil by 2025, the British oil giant said in its\u00a02023 Sustainability report.<\/p>\n

The 98-page report, published in March, dedicates a third of a page to the topic of chemical recycling. In it, Shell reveals that whilst it sees customer demand for circular chemicals, \u2018the pace of growth globally is less than expected due to lack of available feedstock, slow technology development, and regulatory uncertainty. As a result, in 2023 we concluded that the scale of our ambition to turn 1 million tonnes of plastic waste a year into pyrolysis oil by 2025 is unfeasible.\u2019<\/p>\n

Shell is currently building two pyrolysis upgrader units, each with a 50,000 tonnes\/year planned capacity. One is situated in Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and the other at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore. The Singapore plant was scheduled to start production in 2023 and the Netherlands facility in 2024, but neither is yet in operation. Their combined capacity would be 100,000 tonnes\/year, just 10% of Shell\u2019s 1 million pledge.<\/p>\n

The company started\u00a0investing in chemical recycling\u00a0in 2019, entering into a pyrolysis oil supply agreement with\u00a0Nexus Fuels\u00a0for use in Shell\u2019s chemical plants in Louisiana, United States. Since then, it has entered agreements with BlueAlp, Pryme, Environmental Solutions Asia, Remondis, Dialog Group Berhad, Sepco Industries, Freepoint Eco-Systems, Agilyx, PreZero, Lamor Recycling, LBC Tank Terminals, and Braskem.<\/p>\n

Despite backtracking on its chemical recycling ambitions, Shell said it \u2018continues working with partners across the plastic waste value chain to help develop a circular value chain globally\u2019, the report reads. It pointed to the \u2018several strategic co-operation agreements\u2019 it signed with partners in 2023, including the one with\u00a0Pre-Zero.<\/p>\n

Shell is not the first company struggling to meet its chemical recycling ambitions. Agilyx and AmSty, for example,\u00a0lost $4.5 million in their polystyrene chemical recycling joint venture since 2021, leading to its closure in April this year.<\/p>\n

Last November, a report by US-based Beyond Plastics concluded that\u00a0chemical recycling is not a viable solution\u00a0to plastic pollution problems. The report noted that the 11 chemical recycling facilities in operation in the United States are handling an \u2018insignificant amount of plastics waste\u2019, and that many are \u2018struggling to create a profitable product\u2019.<\/p>\n

The chemical recycling industry has charged back at such reports by pointing out that many chemical recycling technologies are in use today and\u00a0produce new plastics.<\/p>\n

Like Shell, many point to\u00a0regulatory uncertainty\u00a0and lack \u2013 or, more accurately, expensive –\u00a0feedstock\u00a0as reasons for slow progress.<\/p>\n

Both chemical and mechanical recyclers have been\u00a0struggling\u00a0with falling recyclate prices, cheaper virgin alternatives, competition with imports, and a tight macroeconomic situation across the globe.<\/p>\n

Whilst many see the introduction of recycled content targets in\u00a0European legislation\u00a0as a potential lifeline, recycled plastic attributed via a\u00a0mass balance method\u00a0does not currently count towards targets.<\/p>\n

At this year\u2019s\u00a0Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), Werner Bosmans, Team Leader on Plastics, DG Environment, at the European Commission revealed that a \u2018vast majority\u2019 of member states are in favour of mass balance.<\/p>\n

However, regulatory change at EU-level is a lengthy process \u2013 in the meantime, chemical recyclers will continue facing uncertainty.<\/p>\n

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