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PLASTIC ENERGY PRODUCES FIRST RECYCLED OIL
AT DUTCH ADVANCED RECYCLING PLANT
Netherlands. This marks a key mile-
stone on the road to full commercial
operations.
TACOIL is made from hard-to-re-
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cycle post-consumer plastic waste
that would otherwise be incinerated
or sent to landfill. It serves as a re-
placement for conventional naphtha
in existing petrochemical plants, en-
abling the manufacture of food-con-
tact packaging, medical-grade plas-
tics and other high-quality products.
The polymers produced at the plant
will significantly increase commercial
volumes of circular polymers which
have been used by brand owners in
he SABIC Plastic Energy Advanced Recy- a variety of consumer and packaging
cling (SPEAR) plant in Geleen, the Neth- products since 2019.
Terlands
Plastic Energy’s patented TAC chemical recy-
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SABIC Plastic Energy Advanced Recycling cling process breaks down mixed plastic waste
(SPEAR), the joint venture recycling plant by using heat in an oxygen-free environment. Once
Plastic Energy and SABIC in Geleen, the Nether- fully operational, the plant will recycle 20,000
lands, has produced its first pyrolysis oil, known tonnes of plastic waste per year.
as TACOIL .
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The technology, already proven at industrial
TACOIL is made from hard-to-recycle post- scale at Plastic Energy’s plants in Spain, is de-
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consumer plastic waste that would otherwise be signed to plug directly into the existing plastics
lost to landfill or incineration.
value chain. Less than 30% of Europe’s 32 million
This milestone marks another step on the facil- tonnes of plastic waste is currently recycled.1
ity’s journey to full commercial production ex- The SPEAR facility, which is set to be the first ex-
pected to begin later this year ample of a third-party chemical recycling tech-
nology being integrated into an existing petro-
London, 27 August 2025 – Plastic Energy, a glob- chemical facility, will help support and enable the
al leader in chemical recycling, has announced EU’s goal under the Packaging and Packaging
the production of its first batch of TACOIL at Waste Regulation (PPWR) for all packaging to
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its joint venture plant with SABIC in Geleen, the be fully recyclable by 2030.
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