Aduro and Switch Energy Partner to Build Pilot Plant for Chemical Recycling of Agricultural Plastic Waste
Commenting on the partnership, Don Nott, founder and CEO of Switch Energy said, “Our discussions with Aduro over the past few months, along with an in-depth review of their technology
On 9th November, Aduro Clean Energy announced that it has entered into discussions with Switch Energy to develop a framework whereby the two companies can work together to design, build, install, and operate a pilot plant to process waste polyethylene and other types of waste plastics, such as polypropylene.
Switch Energy has decades of experience with the collection of agricultural waste, design and development of plastic washing, mechanical shredding, feed systems setup, and product offtake sales and marketing. Aduro Clean Technologies will provide its expertise in Hydrochemolytic technology (HCT) process design, including identifying optimal finished product specifications and engagement with the chemical and petrochemicals industry for long-term offtake engagement.
Ofer Vicus, CEO of Aduro said, “Achieving the First Milestone remains a main goal for us, which means demonstrating that our technology works well in the continuous-flow mode needed for commercial systems. Our data supports new discussion regarding pilots for different applications, such as waste plastics.”
Canadian farms generate around 60,000 tonnes of plastic every year and farmers and their local communities would like to recycle agriculture plastic waste to keep their farms clean and prevent these materials from ending in landfills; however, until now their was no way to locally process the plastics waste generated from farms in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner.
Commenting on the partnership, Don Nott, founder and CEO of Switch Energy said, “Our discussions with Aduro over the past few months, along with an in-depth review of their technology, has convinced us that their HCT-based solution is a superior solution compared to alternatives. Their technology operates at low temperatures, has no issue dealing with high concentration levels of moisture, and is versatile enough to process other types of plastics and contaminates. Therefore, we are very excited about working with Aduro to advance this important technology to a commercial scale. As a farmer, I see the need for solutions, and not just regulations, so we don’t have to send agricultural waste to landfills.”
Aduro Clean Energy is a Canadian developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle plastics and Switch Energy is a recycler and operator participating in Canada’s agricultural & industrial film recycling program by owning and operating the largest collection program for agricultural waste in the province of Ontario.
