据烃加工新闻11月25日消息称，英力士将从Viridor位于布里斯托尔附近的埃文茅斯资源回收中心新建的价值6500万英镑的消费后聚合物回收工厂回收聚合物。该工厂是英国最大的多聚合物回收和再处理设施。它由Viridor耗资2.52亿英镑的能源回收工厂提供动力，该工厂将不可回收的废物转化为电能和热能。
英力士烯烃和聚合物公司首席执行官Rob Ingram表示：“塑料是一种宝贵的资源。塑料非常多，以至于我们希望鼓励塑料材料在首次使用后增加收集和回收利用。我们对从这个项目中提取材料的承诺有助于支持对一个新的、最先进的回收设施的投资。利用我们在聚合物方面的专业知识，我们将设计一系列新的聚合物，以掺入高含量的回收塑料。这些新材料将在不影响产品性能和质量的前提下，满足日益增长的对可回收成分的需求。”
Viridor公司总经理Phil Piddington表示：“此次合作反映了Viridor重视与消费者品牌和塑料公司合作，为创建新的塑料循环市场做出重大贡献。”
他说，Viridor的2019年回收指数跟踪公众对回收的态度，发现十分之九（89％）的受访者认为现有的塑料应该被用来创造有用的资源，以便再次使用。
Piddington表示：“我们的指数还表明，未来的购买选择将受到可回收材料制成的包装的影响（65％–比2018年提高了4个百分点–更有可能购买可回收材料制成的产品），76%的受访者表示，学校应该强制开设有关回收的课程。
““英国政府通过《资源与废物战略》和2022年塑料税，正在帮助建立投资基础，使我们的行业能够实现可持续发展目标。埃文茅斯资源回收中心展示了Viridor对这些目标的承诺。”
Viridor正在使用最新的技术对许多消费后塑料进行分类、清洁和回收，以达到使用回收塑料可以达到的最高标准。英力士应用其深厚的材料科学专业知识，以促进和调整新的混合聚合物的性能，使其以客户要求的方式发挥作用。
英力士烯烃和聚合物业务总监Liz Rittweger补充说：“在不损失客户所需属性的前提下，将回收内容增加到50%，这不是一项简单的技术成就。然而，这是一个非常重要的里程碑，向市场证明了塑料可以成功回收，并在有价值的应用中再利用。”
自2019年第3季度以来，英力士已经能够提供一系列聚烯烃，其中包含高达50%的回收材料，而不影响性能。
曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻
原文如下：
INEOS and Viridor partner to produce new range of hybrid plastics
INEOS will be supplied with recovered polymer from Viridor’s new ￡65 million post-consumer polymers recycling plant at the Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre, near Bristol. The plant is the UK’s largest multi-polymer recycling and reprocessing facility. It is powered by Viridor’s ￡252 million energy recovery plant which puts non-recyclable waste to work to produce electricity and heat.
INEOS Olefins & Polymers CEO Rob Ingram said: “Plastic is a valuable resource. So much so that we want to encourage the increasing collection and recycling of plastic materials after their initial use. Our commitment to take material from this project helps to support investment in a new, state-of-the-art recycling facility. Using our polymer expertise, we will engineer a new range of polymers to incorporate high levels of recycled plastics. These new materials will meet growing demand for increased levels of recycled content without compromise to product performance and quality.”
Viridor MD Phil Piddington said: “The partnership reflects Viridor’s emphasis on working with consumer brands and plastics companies to significantly contribute to the creation of new circular market for plastics.
He said Viridor’s 2019 Recycling Index, which tracks public attitudes to recycling, found that nine in ten (89%) of those polled believe that existing plastic should be used to create useful resources which that can be used again.
Piddington said: “Our index also demonstrates that future buying choices will be influenced by packaging made from recyclable material (65% – up four points from 2018 – are more likely to buy products made from recyclable material) with 76% saying there should be mandatory lessons on recycling in schools.
“The UK Government, through the Resources & Waste Strategy and 2022 plastic tax, is helping to create a foundation for the investment which allows our sector to deliver sustainability targets. Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre demonstrates Viridor’s commitment to these goals.”
Viridor is using the latest technologies to sort, clean and recycle the many post-consumer plastics to the highest standards achievable with recycled plastics. INEOS applies their deep material science expertise to boost and tailor the properties of the new hybrid polymers so that they perform in the same way that customers demand.
INEOS Olefins & Polymers Business Director Liz Rittweger added: “Building up to 50% recycled content without losing the properties which our customers need is not a simple technical achievement. However, it is a very important milestone and demonstrates to the market that plastics can be successfully recycled and reused in value applications.”
Since 3Q19, INEOS has been able to offer a range of polyolefins which contain up to 50% recycled content without sacrificing on performance.
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