據(jù)安迅思新加坡10月11日消息，韓國(guó)SK創(chuàng)新公司周二在一份聲明中表示，該公司將在2025年下半年之前投資約1.7萬億韓元(12億美元)在韓國(guó)蔚山建設(shè)一個(gè)塑料化學(xué)品回收利用工廠。

該工廠占地21.5萬平方米，預(yù)計(jì)回收利用能力約為25萬噸/年，將有三個(gè)化學(xué)品回收利用過程，即高純聚丙烯(PP)的提取、解聚和熱解。

聚乙烯(PE)/PP、聚對(duì)苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)和復(fù)合材料可以在該工廠回收利用。

該工廠將由SK創(chuàng)新旗下子公司SK Geo centre運(yùn)營(yíng)。

《韓國(guó)先驅(qū)報(bào)》援引SK Geo centre一位官員的話報(bào)道稱，該工廠將于2023年9月開始建設(shè)，建成投產(chǎn)后預(yù)計(jì)每年可生產(chǎn)約22萬噸“純塑料”。

今年1月，SK Geo centre和美國(guó)回收利用服務(wù)公司PureCycle同意在蔚山建立一個(gè)以分解為基礎(chǔ)的6萬噸/年回收聚丙烯(PP)合資工廠，計(jì)劃于2024年底完工。

PureCycle擁有專利技術(shù)，可以幫助從PP塑料垃圾中分離污染物、氣味和顏色，并將其轉(zhuǎn)化為超純回收（UPR）塑料。

蔚山塑料回收利用工廠是SK創(chuàng)新未來5年總投資目標(biāo)5萬億韓元的一部分，該公司正在加速實(shí)現(xiàn)其凈零排放目標(biāo)。其中3萬億韓元將用于通過生產(chǎn)設(shè)施改造和擴(kuò)能增加環(huán)境友好型產(chǎn)品的產(chǎn)量。

公司方面表示：“石油產(chǎn)品作為直接能源資源，沒有替代品，因此計(jì)劃在中長(zhǎng)期內(nèi)更換生產(chǎn)設(shè)施，并對(duì)已生產(chǎn)的石油產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行循環(huán)利用。”

龐曉華 摘譯自 ICIS

原文如下：

S Korea’s SK Innovation to build W1.7tr Ulsan chemical recycling complex

SK Innovation will invest about Korean won (W) 1.7tr ($1.2bn) to build a plastic chemical recycling complex in Ulsan, South Korea by the second half of 2025, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

The complex, which is expected to have a recycling capacity of about 250,000 tonnes/year, will be built at a 215,000sqm site and will have three chemical recycling processes, namely, high-purity polypropylene (PP) extraction, depolymerisation and pyrolysis.

Polyethylene (PE)/PP, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and composite materials can be recycled at the complex, it added.

The complex will be operated by SK Geo Centric, a subsidiary of SK Innovation.

It is expected to yield about 220,000 tonnes/year of “pure plastic”, news daily Korea Herald reported, quoting an official from SK Geo Centric. Construction will begin in September 2023.

In January, SK Geo Centric and US-based recycling service firm PureCycle agreed to build a dissolution-based 60,000 tonne/year joint venture recycled PP plant in Ulsan, slated for completion at the end of 2024.

PureCycle owns proprietary technology that helps separate contaminants, odours, and colours from PP plastic waste to transform it into ultra-pure recycled (UPR) plastic.

The Ulsan plastic recycling complex is part of SK Innovation’s targeted W5tr total investment over the next five years as it accelerates achieving its net-zero emissions goal.W3tr will go into expanding eco-friendly products through facility conversion and expansion.

“As there is no substitute for petroleum products as an immediate energy source, the company plans to change facilities in the mid- to long-term and recycle petrochemical products it has produced,” the company said.