Plastic2Oil

Plastic2Oil is a New York- based company that converts plastic waste into fuel oil using a proprietary technology.

Its technology aims to process plastic waste that is difficult to recycle and municipal waste that may be rejected by conventional recycling facilities.

In the company’s patent-pending process, waste is first liquified and passed through a solid-liquid separator. Then, in the main reactor, it is cracked into short hydrocarbon chains in the form of gas. The gas is condensed and diesel and fuel oil and separated from it. Lighter fractions in the gases like butane are captured and used in the heating process.

An average 86% of hydrocarbons in the plastic are captured by the process due to the company’s proprietary catalyst. The processor removes residues in real time and does not have to be stopped for cooling down.

The fuel oil products include No. 6 heavy oil used in industrial boilers and ships, Naptha, and No. 2 Fuel that is used to make diesel and furnace oil.

The company’s waste processor can process unwashed, unsorted, composite and commingling plastic waste. Primarily, it runs on post-commercial and industrial plastic waste, like automotive plastic, consumer plastic waste film and food containers.

The processor’s optimal feedstock includes High-Density and Polyethylene (HDPE), Low-Density and Polyethylene (LDPE), Polypropylene (PP) and composites of the three types. 

It does not accept Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), which can be optimally recycled in conventional processes, and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), as it contains low amount of hydrocarbons.

The company’s process has been validated by IsleChem. Its engineering process and economic value generation have been validated by SAIC.

It runs a facility in Niagara Falls, New York, which receives committed feedstock from suppliers. It can also license the technology to other companies. In 2018, it signed a 20-year agreement with Veridisyn Technologies.