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PLASTICS INNOVATION OF ADVANCED RECYCLING
Kentucky Natural Resources and Energy CommitteeMarch 11, 2021
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What is Advanced Recycling?Leveraging chemistry to convert post-use plastics into valuable products which extend the life of plastic
Outputs:
• Basic building blocks for new chemicals
• Feedstocks for new plastics
• Plastic additives (e.g. for asphalt roads, roofing)
• Waxes
• Lubricants
• Fuels
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Complementary Approaches
Mechanical Recycling Advanced Recycling
• Well-suited for some plastics (1s & 2s)
• Established sortation and processing
• End markets in durable products• Produces plastic pellets
• Well-suited for harder to recycle plastics
• More tolerant for mixed plastics• Suitable for food and pharma
contact plastics• Produces variable products
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Pyrolysis-Based Advanced Recycling
Collected plastics are prepped for conversion
Pelletized plastics are heated & vaporized in the absence of oxygen
Condensable gases are converted into hydrocarbon products for use in ultra-low sulfur diesel, feedstock for new plastics, waxes, and other productsSource:
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Brand Commitments
Source: New Plastics Economy Report, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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POTENTIAL
TO DIVERT66 $5.5BWorth
82% of these announced investments are in the growing field of advanced recycling, which is crucial modern infrastructure needed
to accelerate a circular economy for plastics.
4.1MMetric tons of landfill materialsProjects
Modernizing Plastics Recycling
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Economic Development
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Partnerships & Investments
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Facilities in the U.S.
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Environmental Benefits
• Advanced recycling (pyrolysis) of mixed plastic waste emits 50% less CO2 than incineration of mixed plastic waste
• Chemically recycled plastics cause significantly lower CO2 emissions than those produced from primary fossil resources
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Advanced Recycling Emissions
CAP Average AR Facility Average Food Processing Facility
VOC <5 tons/year 40 tons/year
PM10 <5 tons/year 20 tons/year
CAP Average AR Facility Average Institutional Campus (e.g., Hospital, University)
SO2 <5 tons/year 50 tons/year
NO2 <12 tons/year 15 tons/year
CAP Average AR Facility Average Auto Manufacturer
CO <10 tons/year 15 tons/year
Equivalent to Anheuser-
Busch Brewery in
Fairfield, CA.
Equivalent to GM engine
parts plant in Bay City, MI.
Equivalent to Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,
CT.
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Advanced Recycling Legislation
CT
PAIAIL
TX
GA
FL
WI
OH
TN
Legislation passed
AZ OK
MN
MI
KY VA
SC
RI
Legislation introduced in 2021
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Prapti MuhuriManager, Recycling and Recovery, Plastics [email protected]
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