European Commission’s Latest Life Cycle Assessment Reveals KBR Hydro-PRT®’s Positive Environmental Impact
European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report reviewing recycling solutions for different plastic waste streams. The report benchmarks various advanced plastic recycling technologies against mechanical recycling and energy recovery – via waste incineration.
This new report concludes that Hydro-PRT® is a sustainable alternative to waste incineration and that it complements mechanical recycling by processing mixed and contaminated plastic waste streams not suitable for other recycling methods. The JRC’s report demonstrates that KBR’s Hydro-PRT technology brings significant environmental advantage with approximately 50% lower global warming potential over other advanced recycling processes.
As many as 14 impact categories are considered in the evaluation and the total environmental impact is expressed in terms of carbon emissions – one kilogram of CO2-equivalent emissions per 1 tonne of waste.
Indicating highest yields of hydrocarbon products that would replace virgin fossil equivalent saving natural resources, KBR’s Hydro-PRT process also performed best in ‘resource use’ category across mechanical, chemical and energy recovery processes.
Learn more about KBR Hydro-PRT or read the full report, Environmental and economic assessment of plastic waste recycling.
