An advanced process for recycling end-of-life plastics trialled at Scottish refinery

Plastic Energy has developed a ‘pyrolysis’ process for advanced recycling. This converts end-of-life plastics—that would otherwise be sent to landfill or burnt—into a liquid raw material called TACOIL. This liquid is then used to make just-like-new food-grade plastics. At Grangemouth, petroleum-based oil will be replaced by the TACOIL, which refining company Petroineos will incorporate into existing refinery processes.