{"id":58607,"date":"2022-03-10T11:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=58607"},"modified":"2022-03-10T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:47:03","slug":"omv-and-alba-plan-construction-of-a-sorting-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/omv-und-alba-planen-bau-einer-sortieranlage\/","title":{"rendered":"OMV and ALBA agree to build a sorting plant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A modern sorting plant from Alba with a planned capacity of more than 200,000 tonnes per year will process mixed plastics into raw materials for OMV's chemical recycling. The final investment decision is expected in the course of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The international oil, gas and chemicals company OMV, headquartered in Vienna and Alba Recycling<\/a>, suppliers of raw materials and companies in the field of recycling and waste prevention solutions, are holding talks on the Joint construction and operation of a sorting plant in Walld\u00fcrn, Germany<\/strong> for the further sorting of mixed plastics for chemical recycling. A final investment decision is expected in 2022.<\/p>

Alba Recycling operates five sorting plants for lightweight packaging in Germany and sorts around a third of Germany's lightweight packaging waste<\/strong> - over 800,000 tonnes per year. This means that the recycling company currently has the largest recycling capacity in Germany and plants with high performance and a high recycling rate.\u00a0<\/p>

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The collaboration ensures that OMV is supplied with sustainable raw materials for chemical recycling in order to close the loop for plastics. A modern sorting plant developed by Alba Recycling will have the capacity to process of over 200,000 tonnes of mixed used plastics per year<\/strong> suitable raw materials for the production of virgin polyolefins.<\/p>

This sorting process enables the further extraction of polyolefins from a waste fraction that is currently sent for incineration<\/strong>. This innovative sorting process was tested on an industrial scale and the product was successfully processed as a raw material in OMV's ReOil\u00ae pilot plant.\u00a0<\/p>