Japan Energy has become the Japanese first refiner to use processed waste plastic as a thermal cracking fuel at its Mizushima refinery. The technological breakthrough is seen as a great potential for the company as petrochemical feedstock is skyrocketing and plastic wastes will not only save feedstock cost but it might as well be counted as negative cost due to save on waste management.
The nation’s sixth largest refiner has the capacity to turn 1,000 kilolitres/year of liquefied waste plastic to petrochemical products using the hydrogenation refining unit at Mizushima. Most of the refined products will be naphtha. Currently there is an abundance of plastic wastes in which Japan generates 10 million tonnes of waste plastic in 2006. Only 5,000 kilolitres of liquefied plastic was produced for refiners from the total of 10,000 tonnes processed.
The nation’s sixth largest refiner has the capacity to turn 1,000 kilolitres/year of liquefied waste plastic to petrochemical products using the hydrogenation refining unit at Mizushima. Most of the refined products will be naphtha. Currently there is an abundance of plastic wastes in which Japan generates 10 million tonnes of waste plastic in 2006. Only 5,000 kilolitres of liquefied plastic was produced for refiners from the total of 10,000 tonnes processed.
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