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ReNew ELP, World’s First Hydro-PRT Site, Announces Feedstock Contracts and Compliance Agreement
27 May 2021
Following construction commencing on the world’s first Hydro-PRT advanced plastic recycling site in Teesside, UK, Mura subsidiary ReNew ELP have today announced their principal feedstock contract with Geminor UK Ltd. The new agreement will see at least 15,000 tonnes of PE and PP rich plastic feedstock diverted away from incineration and into recycling annually, making up the bulk of the feedstock supply for this first ReNew ELP project.
Traditionally supplying the Energy from Waste industry, which incinerates waste plastic, Geminor’s move to supplying the recycling industry with post-consumer plastic packaging waste will bring environmental benefits, with advanced recycling estimated to save approximately 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of waste recycled when compared to incineration, whilst diverting waste plastic away from environmental pollution. Feedstock will be sourced from within the UK, reducing need to export plastic waste.
"Geminor UK is pleased to have agreed the contract to supply the feedstock to the Wilton ReNew ELP facility. Now that the project has achieved financial close and construction has commenced, we look forward to working with the ReNew ELP team to establish the supply of waste plastics to the plant. Geminor is very supportive of ground-breaking projects such as ReNew ELP, which enable us to develop new streams of secondary feedstock supply to our offtake partners and to move materials we manage for our customers up the waste hierarchy. Developing the supply chain for the plant will support Geminor’s drive to develop lower carbon-based feedstock streams in other areas of the market, providing a progressive and reliable route for the recycling of waste plastics."
James Maiden
Country Manager at Geminor UK Ltd.
The upcoming reformation of UK Packaging Waste Regulations, implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging from 2023 will see plastic producers responsible for the full net cost of recovering the plastic waste that they place onto the market. Leading up to the introduction of EPR, ReNew ELP have formed an agreement with Ecosurety Limited, one of the UK’s leading producer responsibility compliance schemes, for technical support and expertise in securing Environment Agency reprocessor accreditation, as well as auditing and management of data in the National Packaging Waste Database. Ecosurety will also assist with the issuing of recycling evidence known as Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) by ReNew ELP.
At the core of Ecosurety is the drive to make a tangible impact on UK recycling via consumer education programmes, supporting recycling innovation and infrastructure development. By working with Ecosurety, ReNew ELP also hope to encourage the recycling of flexible plastic materials from Front of Store (FoS) collections via the Flexible Plastic Fund, which encourages collection of post-consumer flexible plastic packaging at stores, funded by a number of international brands.
"Ecosurety are delighted to be working with ReNew ELP and supporting on this exciting sustainability project, which will ensure that more plastic packaging waste is recycled in the UK rather than incinerated or exported."
Sandeep Attwal
Procurement Manager at Ecosurety Limited
ReNew ELP is the first plant to use HydroPRS™, an advanced recycling solution that uses supercritical water to convert waste plastics into shorter chain hydrocarbon products, the equivalent of fossil resource, for use in the manufacture of feedstocks to create new plastics. The first phase of the project will see the construction of a 20,000 tonne per annum Hydro-PRT recycling line, due into operation in 2024. Target waste plastic feedstock is post-consumer, contaminated plastic packaging, including flexible materials such as films, pots, tubs and trays which – until now – have been considered unrecyclable. There is no limit to the number of times the same plastic can be recycled using Hydro-PRT.
"We are delighted to announce that our feedstock capacity for the first 20,000 tonne line is now fulfilled via our partnership with Geminor, which marks a milestone stage in the development of this first Hydro-PRT recycling facility and helps divert plastic waste away from incineration and export.
We are also very pleased to form a partnership with Ecosurety, providing PRNs to plastic producers and increasing the quantity of recycled plastic in the market, alongside utilising their expertise in accreditation and auditing for reprocessors.
These new partnerships represent another great step forward for the development of the world’s first Hydro-PRT plastic recycling facility."
Richard Daley
Managing Director at ReNew ELP
