Marine Wastes Can be Used to Produce Recycled Plastic

Sustainable Solutions Marine Wastes Can be Used to Produce Recycled Plastic

13.01.2023 Source: Press release LG Chem Reading Time: 2 min

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The South Korean company LG Chem has signed a MOU with Netspa under which it will be responsible for sorting and processing plastics from marine wastes. LG Chem will then use it to produce recycled plastics.

Seoul/South Korea – LG Chem will recycle marine wastes, which have been a huge problem for the ocean, to produce plastics. LG Chem announced that it entered into an MOU for building a resource circulation system by recycling marine wastes with Netspa, a leading company in resource circulation.

Through this MOU, LG Chem will be able to stably secure raw materials for its Seokmun National Industrial Park pyrolysis oil plant in Dangjin, Chungnam, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2024. Once Netspa sorts and processes plastics from marine wastes, LG Chem will use it to produce recycled plastics.

The two companies hope to not only protect the marine ecosystem but also reduce carbon emissions through this resource circulation partnership.

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About 50,000 tons of marine wastes, such as discarded fish nets, are generated every year in Korea. But collecting the wastes has been difficult due to the costs of discarding, and even if they are collected, it has been difficult to treat. Therefore, most of the wastes were left neglected or incinerated.

LG Chen and Netspa anticipate that using it as materials for recycled plastic will help reduce marine wastes while reducing carbon emissions by three-fold compared to other fossil fuel-based products.

LG Chem Petrochemicals Company President Kug Lae, Noh stated, “We will further accelerate eco-friendly technologies and businesses for sustainable growth in the future such as marine waste resource circulation.”

Meanwhile, since declaring 2050 Net Zero, LG Chem has been putting the spurs to new sustainable, eco-friendly businesses such as launching eco-friendly plastics using bio-materials, establishing a bio-mass power plant joint venture, producing plastics through carbon capture, etc.

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