BASF and ARCUS sign agreement for the production and procurement of pyrolysis oil
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
BASF has concluded a framework agreement with ARCUS Greencycling Technologies GmbH, a technology company based in Ludwigsburg, Germany, for the purchase of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste. The two companies want to contribute their respective know-how to the value chain in order to return plastic waste that is not recycled mechanically in the sense of a circular economy, and reduce CO2 emissions. ARCUS will supply BASF with pyrolysis oil and expand its capacities in the coming years. BASF will use the oil in its production plants as a raw material for the production of CcycledTM products.
The ARCUS process demonstration unit built in Frankfurt is the first of its kind on a commercial scale in Germany, and produces pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste that is not recycled mechanically. “With the guaranteed purchase of the oil produced, ARCUS can build further plants with higher capacity and thus make a significant contribution to closing material cycles together with BASF,” said Daniel Odenthal, Chief Operating Officer of ARCUS Greencycling Technologies. The agreement foresees the take-up to be increased to up to 100 000 tpy of pyrolysis oil.
“The collaboration with ARCUS underscores BASF’s commitment to conserving resources by using recycled raw materials in the chemical industry and to drive the transition to a circular economy,” said Christoph Gahn, Vice President Chemical Recycling Business & Technologies at BASF. “Partnerships with agile, innovative companies are key to achieving these goals. We are pleased to have found such a partner in Germany in ARCUS, who will be able to supply us with commercial quantities of pyrolysis oil for the production of Ccycled products in the future. In this way, we support our customers in achieving their sustainability goals.”
The agreement is another building block in the expansion of BASF’s ChemCyclingTM business, which focuses on the chemical recycling of non-recycled post-consumer plastic waste on an industrial scale. BASF will feed the pyrolysis oil supplied by ARCUS into its production network in Ludwigshafen, replacing fossil resources. The proportion of recycled raw material is allocated to products manufactured in the Verbund using a mass balance approach. The attribution is checked by an independent auditor. The products that bear the name suffix 'Ccycled' have exactly the same properties as conventionally-manufactured products. Customers can therefore process them in the same way and also use them in applications that place high demands on quality and performance, such as automotive parts. Commercial products have been on the market since 2020.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/clean-fuels/06092022/basf-and-arcus-sign-agreement-for-the-production-and-procurement-of-pyrolysis-oil/
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