Our Recycling Plants
Mixed Rigid Plant: Durham, UK
Our mixed rigid plant in Durham uses our patented BOSS-3D density-separation technology to recover high-purity polymer streams from post-consumer mixed rigid waste plastic.
Overview
Mixed Rigid Plastic Recycling
- Location
- Peterlee, Co Durham, UK
- Technology
- BOSS-3D and Reverse-BOSS
- Capacity
- 12,000 tonnes per annum
- Feedstock
- Post-consumer mixed rigid plastics
- Output
- HDPE, PP and technical grade regrind
- Site Area
- 70,000 sq ft
- Power Supply
- 2.5 MW
- PRN Status
- Environment Agency accredited
Feedstock
Post-consumer mixed rigid plastics
This plant accepts post-consumer mixed rigid plastics from household and commercial waste streams. Feedstock is an unsorted mixed rigid plastic feedstock supplied by national and regional waste management companies.
Process
BOSS-3D and Reverse-BOSS density separation
The BOSS-3D line uses water-based density separation with oscillating baffles to separate low-density polyolefins from heavier contaminants. The Reverse-BOSS line then recovers heavier technical polymers including ABS and HIPS. Material is washed, shredded and purified before compounding.
Output
High-purity HDPE, PP and technical regrind
The plant produces high-purity HDPE and PP for pelletising and re-use in blow moulding and injection moulding applications. Technical grade regrind is recovered as a third stream for industrial reuse.