{"id":288735,"date":"2026-02-13T04:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/288735\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:32:09","slug":"sunderland-plastics-plant-back-on-track-for-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/288735\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland plastics plant back on track for 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparatory engineering works have begun to create a new access road to the 12-acre plot on the eastern edge of the port.<\/p>\n<p>Planning permission for a processing facility was originally granted by Sunderland City Council in February 2023. An exclusivity agreement for the site has now been signed between the council and TCP Circular.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Michael Mordey, Leader of Sunderland City Council and Chair of the Port Board, said: \u201cThe port is already home to a growing cluster of businesses operating in the circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTCP\u2019s investment would be yet another key milestone in our journey as we embed and grow Sunderland\u2019s reputation as a global hub for sustainable investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project was previously being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letsrecycle.com\/news\/sunderland-approves-quantafuels-plastic-to-oil-plant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">developed by Norwegian firm Quantafuel ASA<\/a>, with an anticipated opening date of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>TCP Circular is now taking the development forward, with the plant expected to be operational in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Recycling soft plastics<\/p>\n<p>The proposed facility is intended to process mixed plastic waste from across the north of England that would otherwise be incinerated or potentially sent to landfill.<\/p>\n<p>It will be designed to handle around 100,000 tonnes per year of plastics, including soft food packaging and a range of domestic and industrial plastic materials.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Lach, CEO of TCP Circular, commented: \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to announce our intention to develop a plastics recycling plant at the Port of Sunderland and look forward to bringing our plans to life in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacilities such as this are greatly needed across the UK as we move towards a more circular economy and reduce CO2 emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waste to oil pyrolysis technology<\/p>\n<p>The Sunderland plant will use pyrolysis technology, a form of chemical recycling, to treat mixed plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>Under this process, plastics are heated in the absence of oxygen. This causes the material to melt and break down into shorter hydrocarbon chains, producing pyrolysis oil.<\/p>\n<p>This oil will then be used as a feedstock in the manufacture of new plastic products.<\/p>\n<p>TCP Circular said that the raw materials produced at the plant will be shipped directly from the port to customers in the petrochemical industry.<\/p>\n<p>Lach added: \u201cWe believe it\u2019s an excellent site and are excited to be working with Sunderland City Council, playing a small part in their ambitious plans to transform the city into a key hub for businesses in the sustainable technologies and green industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to updating the community as our plans develop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Preparatory engineering works have begun to create a new access road to the 12-acre plot on the eastern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-288735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}