New Facility Refreshes Post-Consumer PP by Washing Out Additives, Contaminants: PureCycle prepares to scale up its novel solvent recycling approach as new facility nears completion.

The article discusses recycling facility PureCycle's new facility that will purify post-consumer polypropylene (PP) in 2023. Topics covered include the cleaning of plastic at the molecular level, and the solvent-based recycling process's provision of a 35% smaller carbon footprint than virgin PP production and usage of 79% less energy per pound of product. Also noted is the projected demand for higher quality recycling in line with the thrust to reduce fossil PP usage.