Eni’s chemical arm Versalis S.p.A. acquired, on an exclusive basis, the technology and plants of Ecoplastic.
Ecoplastic is an Italian company of the De Berg group specializing in the recovery, recycling, and transformation chain of styrenic polymers. It has developed a production process of styrenic polymers, expanded polystyrene (rEPS), and solid polystyrene (rGPPS) with recycled content of up to 100%.
Under the acquisition, Versalis will start the first phase of construction of the advanced mechanical recycling hub as part of the transformation project of the Porto Marghera plant starting from 2022. The overall capacity of this first phase will be around 20,000 tpa of styrenic polymers obtained entirely from recycled, already sorted and pre-treated raw material.
