Advanced Recycling

TotalEnergies is at the forefront of the development of advanced recycling by pyrolysis. This technology allows to process hard-to-recycle waste that would otherwise be destined for landfill or incineration. Polymers obtained through this process belong to the TotalEnergies RE:build range.

Our developments

Belgium

Since 2020, the TotalEnergies Petrochemical platform of Antwerp, Belgium, has been processing Tacoil pyrolysis oil, in collaboration with Plastic Energy. A project to increase capacity is currently under study.

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France

In 2020, TotalEnergies announced the construction of one of the first advanced recycling plants in France on the Grandpuits zero-crude platform, in partnership with Plastic Energy.

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Our partnerships

In Europe

Belgium

TotalEnergies and Indaver announced in 2022 a commercial agreement for the supply of petrochemical feedstock to the TotalEnergies Antwerp polymer site, obtained through a proprietary depolymerization process developed by Indaver.

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France

In 2023, TotalEnergies and Paprec signed a long-term commercial agreement for the supply of flexible plastic waste to the advanced recycling plant in Grandpuits.

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In the United States

Texas

In 2022, TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy announced a commercial agreement for the supply of Recycled Polymer Feedstock (RPF) to TotalEnergies sites in Texas, using a patented pyrolysis technology developed in partnership with Lummus Technology.

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Aligned with our ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050, together with society, all TotalEnergies polymer plants in Europe have obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS). This makes the full range of TotalEnergies products (polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene) commercially available as TotalEnergies RE:build range through the mass balance approach.