壳牌利用塑料废料生产化学品

据烃加工网站11月21日报道 壳牌宣布，其已成功地利用塑料废料制成的液体原料生产高端化学品。这项被称为热解的技术被认为是难回收塑料的一项突破，并推动了壳牌到2025年在全球化工厂每年使用100万吨塑料废料的雄心。

壳牌全球化学品业务执行副总裁托马斯·卡斯帕里表示：“这对环境和我们的业务都有重大意义。我们希望把传统方法难以回收的废塑料重新变成化学物质，形成一个循环。这些化学品将满足我们客户对高质量和可持续产品日益增长的需求。”

总部位于亚特兰大的Nexus燃料有限责任公司最近向壳牌位于美国路易斯安那州Norco的化工厂供应了第一批裂解液，在那里，裂解液被制成了化学物质，这些化学物质是日常用品的原材料。壳牌正与多家收集和转化塑料废料的公司合作，以便将这一解决方案扩展到其在亚洲、欧洲和北美的化工厂。

壳牌是终止塑料废物联盟（AEPW）的创始成员。这个非营利组织正在汇集塑料价值链（化工和塑料制造商、消费品公司、零售商、转换器和废物管理公司）的顶尖人才，并与金融界、政府和民间社会结成伙伴关系。环保署已承诺在未来五年内拨款15亿元，协助杜绝环境中的塑胶废物。

壳牌还与零售、商业燃料和润滑油客户合作，帮助减少、再利用和回收塑料包装。

王磊 摘译自 烃加工

原文如下：

Shell uses plastic waste to produce chemicals

Shell announced it has successfully made high-end chemicals using a liquid feedstock made from plastic waste. The technique, known as pyrolysis, is considered a breakthrough for hard-to-recycle plastics and advances Shell's ambition to use one million tons of plastic waste a year in its global chemicals plants by 2025.

"This makes sense for the environment and our business," said Thomas Casparie, Executive Vice President of Shell's global chemicals business. "We want to take waste plastics that are tough to recycle by traditional methods and turn them back into chemicals – creating a circle. These chemicals will meet our customers' growing demands for high quality and sustainable products."

Atlanta-based Nexus Fuels LLC recently supplied its first cargo of pyrolysis liquid to Shell's chemical plant in Norco, Louisiana, USA where it was made into chemicals that are the raw materials for everyday items. Shell is working with multiple companies who collect and transform plastic waste in order to scale this solution to industrial and profitable quantities across its chemicals plants – in Asia, Europe and North America.

Shell is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). This not-for-profit organization is bringing together top minds from across the plastics value chain (chemical and plastic manufacturers, consumer goods companies, retailers, converters and waste management companies) and partnering with the financial community, governments and civil society. The AEPW has committed $1.5 billion over the next five years to help end plastic waste in the environment.

Shell is also working with its retail, business fuels and lubricants customers to help reduce, reuse and recycle plastic packaging.