BASF to Purchase Pyrolysis Oil Produced From Waste Plastics
Agreement with Arcus Greencycling GMBH anticipates a volume of 100,000 ton/yr.
In a joint news release, BASF and announced an agreement for the procurement of pyrolysis oil from the ARCUS plant in Germany.
ARCUS produces pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste by heating it rapidly to high temperatures at which the materials depolymerize. BASF plans to use the oil in its production network at Ludwigshafen to create new products, displacing raw material from fossil fuels.
Christoph Gahn, VP of chemical recycling at BASF (left) with Marco Tomasi, CTO at ARCUS. Photo Credit: BASF
The agreement represents an expansion of BASF’s existing 大象传媒 in recycled materials, which includes PLA and EPS. The company calls the materials “Ccycled” to indicate their production from chemically recycled raw materials. In 2020, BASF customers launched packaging products manufactured from Ccycled materials.
The ARCUS pyrolysis demonstration unit in Frankfurt is the first commercial-scale system of its kind. With a guaranteed buyer for the oil in place, ARCUS plans to scale up production to 100,000 ton/yr.
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