BlueAlp and RES to Build Plastic Recycling Plant in Italy

Dutch company BlueAlp, a provider of recycling technology, has signed an agreement with Italian waste management firm Recupero Etico Sostenibile S.p.A (RES) to realize the first industrial-scale advanced recycling plant in Italy by mid-2026.

“BlueAlp will supply a technology license and will engineer, procure and fabricate the unit in its workshop in Eindhoven, The Netherlands”, the information said. RES would own and operate the plant to process and convert 20,000 tons of mixed plastic waste per year. The industrial plant, based on BlueAlp’s patented pyrolysis technology, is the first in Italy in terms of size and production capacity. It will be set up in Pettoranello del Molise next to RES’ existing mechanical recycling facilities.

As underlined, it will process waste that cannot be recycled mechanically, such as polyolefin film fractions. Waste plastics will be transformed back to their original form as pyrolysis oil, which can be used to replace raw materials in the virgin plastics value chain and chemical and petrochemical industries. “This offers a response to the large demand for high quality recycled content solutions, for example, the demand from FMCG players with ambitions to make plastic food packaging circular.”

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(Published in GLOBAL RECYCLING Magazine 2/2024, Page 19, Photo: BlueAlp)