Pyrolysis Plants

The Rockcliffe-based Northwest Recycling Centre – a private company – has submitted plans for two pyrolysis plants – one for tyres and one for plastics at a site north of Carlisle.

The plans were recently put before theRockcliffe Parish Councilfor consideration.

The proposalsinclude the claims that the waste processing method has great potential for more responsible waste processing; it is ‘autonomous’; there areno ‘CO2 emissions from the purpose, and it ultimately creates a better circular economy.

Thepotential developmentlooks to expand the use of one2,033 sq ft warehouse on the Rockcliffe Industrial Estate,the site of a large-scale blaze in November2021.

In a typical “Not In My Backyard” response, Sally Tears, from theRockcliffe and District Action group, said: “After the horrendous fire last year, which lasted for four whole weeks and covered swathes of Carlisle as well as the rural areas, we have no trust inCumbria County Council or the agencies to monitor the safety of anything let alone three new plants.”

Theinaccurate and ill-informed statementfollowed this; “We don’t want to beguinea pigsfor the whole of Europe, especially with systems that don’t work efficiently and produce more carbon emissions than they save,” she said.

And Dr Andrew Rollinson of Loughborough University claimedthatpyrolysis as a technology ‘is not the answer’; “It ismisrepresentativeto describe pyrolysis as being asustainable energy-from-waste concept,” he said.

“The energy needed to extract the chemicals from the waste is more than the chemicals themselves produce, leaving the system in negative energy equity – aviolation of the laws of thermodynamics.

“The advantages are based on freeing useful energy from waste and offsetting the burning of fossil fuels.

“But if system efficiency is low, for example, where much of the waste’s energy density is lost in order to stabilise the process, the benefits are undermined.”

Helen Davison, Green Party’s city councillorfor Belah and Kingmoor, said: “We’re backing the Rockcliffe residents in their concerns and opposition to the potential development of the plant”.

Thisanti-pyrolysis lobbyflies in the face of the commercial operations backed by multinational players such asEnviro,Pyrum,Circtec,Bolder,Delta Energyand others. It could be argued that the pyrolysis sector needs to do more public education and less naval contemplation if it is to overcome community resistance.

Northwest Recycling Centrewas unavailable for comment.

Source: News and Star

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• Tire Pyrolysis
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• Recovered Carbon Black
• Pyrolysis Oil
• What Is Pyrolysis
• Feasibility Studies
• Turn-Key Projects

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