Company in the Netherlands to install chemical recycling machine

Recycling Technologies Ltd., a specialist plastic recycling technology provider based in Swindon, U.K., and Brightlands Chemelot Campus, a research and technological growth hub based in the Netherlands, have announced that they have signed an agreement to install the RT7000 plastic chemical recycling machine from Recycling Technologies within its campus in the Netherlands.

The RT7000 is a scalable patented technology that recycles low-grade plastic scrap into a feedstock, trademarked as Plaxx, for new plastic production.

According to a news release from Recycling Technologies, the Brightlands Chemelot Campus has recently launched a sustainability and circular hub plan to implement innovative solutions to solve ecological problems. The initiative is based on shared research and commercial programs for the development of new, sustainable and recyclable materials that can be applied on a large scale to maintain the region’s leadership position in petrochemicals. 

The next step in the agreement is for Brightlands Chemelot Campus to secure permitting and planning for the new plant, the definition of the site layout and initiation of the groundwork. Recycling Technologies reports that this agreement represents its first site outside the U.K. to showcase, test and deploy its technology. 

“The strategic location of the Brightlands Chemelot Campus, at the heart of the petrochemical industry, our shared values of innovation, excellence and sustainability, and the mutual commitment to deliver a circular economy for plastics have been key factors driving our decision to begin our internationalization from the Netherlands. The campus has already attracted a number of companies with smart and commercial technologies to address major ecological challenges making it another ideal partner for us to advance the development and deployment of our technology in Europe,” says Elena Parisi, sales and marketing director at Recycling Technologies Ltd. 

“Brightlands Chemelot Campus and Chemelot Industrial Park, naturally working in cooperation with the major parties at the Chemelot Industrial Park, are jointly opting to develop a circular chemical industry,” says Bert Kip, CEO at Brightlands Chemelot Campus. “This will involve a step-by-step replacement of today’s fossil fuels—natural gas and naphtha—with circular carbon from plastic waste and biomass, a complex transition process that requires new technologies. Some of these necessary technologies will come from tech startups that are based at the campus and/or the site, and some will be working from the Brightsite innovation center founded in 2019. We are particularly pleased and proud that Recycling Technologies has decided to set up their first European site for recycling plastic at Brightlands Chemelot Campus, an important step in implementing the circular hub strategy.”