Plastic waste may get another chance as chemical feedstock

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ICI Polyurethane of Everberg, Belgium, and du Vernier of Hoddesdon, UK, have unveiled a pilot recycling facility for polyurethane (PU) in Hoddesdon. The companies will operate the facility, which will use a "split-phase glycolysis" process, for three years before deciding on whether to increase the plant's capacity. The polyurethane recycling facility, which will be supplied with foam PU that have been converted to solid pellets, is expected to produce materials that will be used by the firms to compete in the carpet underlay market.

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Have unveiled a pilot recycling facility for polyurethane (PU) in Hoddesdon

United Kingdom, Facilities & equipment, Resilient Floor Covering Manufacturing, Plastic Carpet Underlay, Plastic flooring, Article, ICI Polyurethane

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M-Xylene gets a market boost

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UOP LLC is among the recipients of the 1999 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Awards. The Des Plaines, IL-based company is recognized for developing a cost-effective, efficient and environmentally- attractive adsoprtion process designed to recover meta-xylene from mixed- hydrocarbon feedstocks. Named MX Sorbex, the novel process operates with isothermal beds of a proprietary solid adsorbent.

United States, Production management, Petrochemical Manufacturing, Xylenes

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