November 2020.........9 Jan 2021 14:57
Master plan...............get exported overseas.................
Protos Plastic Park masterplan published
Peel L&P Environmental has released a first look at the Plastic Park planned for its Protos energy and resource hub near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
It is the first of many planned in the UK.
The plant will process different types of plastic waste so that it does not go to landfill, get exported overseas or end up in the sea. It features a variety of plastic recycling and treatment technologies to get the most value from plastic waste, including:
A Materials Recycling facility (MRF) to take dry mixed recyclables and separate out recyclates such as card, paper, glass and cans and plastics.
A Plastic Recycling Facility to take the plastic from the MRF, and plastic delivered directly to Protos, and separate out different types of plastic.
PET recycling facility – to be developed by Enviroo with a planning application expected later this year, the facility will take PET (the main material used for food and beverage packaging, such as plastic bottles) and turn it into polymers for new food packaging products.
Waste plastic to hydrogen facility – consented earlier this year and already under development.
Richard Barker, development director, Peel L&P Environmental said: “Currently only around a third of the 4.9 million tonnes of plastic that the UK throws away each year is recycled, meaning we urgently need new infrastructure. The pandemic has highlighted how essential this material is to everyday life, but how it is dealt with when it comes to the end of its life needs addressing."
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/news/article/741/planning_news_-_19_november_2020
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