Protos is set to be the first of many plastic to hydrogen facilities (quite fitting that the name Protos is derived from ancient Greek and means ‘first’!).
Powerhouse's process produces low levels of safe residues and requires a small operating footprint, making it suitable for deployment at enterprise and community level. As announced on 11th February 2020 under its Supplemental Agreement with Peel Environmental, Powerhouse will receive an annual license fee of £500,000 in respect of each project which is commissioned.
9. The UK recycles 57% of the 13 billion plastic bottles used each year. The introduction of local authority household recycling in 2001 saw the recycling rate of plastic bottles rise from 1% to the current level. Over 99% of local authorities now provide a collection for plastic bottles. However, we heard that since 2012, the recycling rate has plateaued at around 57–58%.16
As a result, Peel has been progressing two sites through pre-planning engineering, to incorporate these new DMG technology improvements before the pair begin consultation with the local council authorities.