Yoris Flapper head of plastics for Shell with Dr Ruben Rodriguez, chief executive of Trifol Resources; Peter Bleeker ,Shell Europe Plastics and and Pat Alley, chair of Trifol Resources celebrate the partnership between the companies which aims to encourage recycling while reducing dependency on landfill. Photograph: Julien Behal Photography
Trifol Resources’s patented process creates 50 per cent wax and 50 per cent oil from plastic waste, a spokesman for Trifol said., These byproducts can be used to make products such as chemical feedstock, fuel, diesel and make-up. Trifol is looking at expanding into eight other markets in the European Union and there is strong interest from Germany as well as the United Arab Emirates, the spokesman said. “Trifol are on track to have two plants producing 190,000 tons by 2030. One in Ireland and one in either UK or Germany.
“This is first major project for Trifol in Europe, producing sustainable fuel and circular chemical feedstock from waste plastic,” said Pat Alley chairman of Trifol Resources.