Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. Watec Solutions is developing technology that converts used plastic into new raw materials through chemical recycling – thereby reducing the need for fossil oil.

Watec Solutions will set up a demo and test facility that will be a platform for R&D site for chemical recycling of plastics and to further scale up and replicate the facility to full scale. The purpose of this facility is the following:

Testing
Presentation (sponsors, partners, investors, authorities, etc.)
R&D

The demonstration plant will be a central part of the R&D project “Recycle-proof” which has received support from Akershus County Council. Here, Watec, in collaboration with relevant actors in the value chain, will qualify plastic flows for further applications and demonstrate an optimized process for chemical recycling of plastic:

Plastic fractions

Testing of various plastic fractions from agriculture and industry containing PP, PE and PS and HDPE

Combinations

Identification of which plastic types can be combined without reducing the quality of the final product.

Processes

Testing of various catalysts and pyrolysis processes

Deliveries

The demo facility will be an R&D platform where landfills, companies, and plastic suppliers can deliver their waste for qualification of the plastic fractions for chemical recycling.

Oil standards

The quality of the final product is set within a matrix of various oil standards that qualify for further applications.

Analyze

Analysis will be carried out at IFE and further detailed analysis will take place at the final stage with relevant customers of the final product.

Closing the circle

From waste to new raw material: we connect the collection, sorting, cleaning, chemical recycling and industrial use of plastic back into the cycle.

Reduces emissions

Fossil oil is replaced with pyrolysis oil for plastic production, which results in a lower CO₂ footprint and contributes to greener value chains.

Increases material recycling

More plastic fractions can be recycled – less goes to incineration or landfill, and the resources can be part of an endless value chain.

Industrial opportunities

New markets are being created in the circular economy and sustainable materials management, and collaboration across industries is building robust value chains.

Adapted to future requirements

By 2030, the use of chemically recycled oil will become a requirement. We are qualifying today's plastic fractions so that manufacturers can meet future sustainability goals.

Oil and traceability

The pyrolysis process produces oil that can replace fossil NAFTA, with documented traceability and flexible operation (advantage of batch production).

Watec solutions plans to set up small and medium-sized full-scale plants for pyrolysis of plastic waste, where the oil will be used to produce new plastic. The plants will vary in size, with a capacity of 6-8 tons of plastic per day. As a distributor of proven Japanese technology from Japan, we have had a collaboration over several years to adapt the technology to European conditions. The plastic production of the future requires that parts of the production come from recycled material that is part of a circular economy. Our plant will accept waste plastic from landfill and will be active in directly distributing raw materials to plastic manufacturers. We will be a service partner at the installed plants and at the same time we will have a customer center with support follow-up.  

The pyrolysis machine uses a relatively low temperature of 380 to 480 C.
The factory specification has an average of 60-80% recovery, while several tests have shown over 90% recovery.
High quality pyrolysis oil (insert specifications from the matrix).

The pyrolysis oil from the machines produces medium to premium quality oil. Medium quality is fuel quality, high is refining quality and premium is NAFTA quality. Depending on the purity of the plastic, there will be different areas of application for the end product where medium quality can be used as fuel, high quality can be used to make new plastic and premium quality can be used as a replacement for fossil NAFTA. High and premium quality can produce new plastic. The pyrolysis oil will require varying degrees of hydroprocessing and post-polishing for optimal use.

Qualification and standard development using oil standards matrix
Applications for the syngas from the pyrolysis process
Qualification of oil standards for both circular and recycling economies.

We invite waste operators and plastic suppliers to join our test phase. Deliver your plastic fractions to our demo facility and get:

Insight into the suitability of plastics for chemical recycling
Analysis and classification of the final product
The way forward towards sustainable material use
Become part of the circular economy, where you can ensure that your waste becomes someone's gold.

Contact us today to discuss possibilities for a collaboration!