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Grandpuits: Launch of France’s First Chemical Recycling Plant for Plastics
TotalEnergies has launched France’s first chemical recycling plant for plastics at its Grandpuits site, in the Paris region, with a capacity of 15,000 tons per year.
Developed in partnership with Plastic Energy, the unit converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into synthetic oil using advanced recycling technology. This oil is then used as a feedstock to produce recycled plastics with properties identical to virgin plastics, meeting the most demanding standards, including food-grade and medical applications.
Fully aligned with the transformation of Grandpuits into a zero-crude platform, this project also supports the emergence of a new French plastics recycling value chain. It is backed by French partners Citeo, the organization responsible for reducing the environmental impact of household packaging and paper, and Paprec, a leading French recycling company.
Diagram of the chemical recycling process for plastic waste at the Grandpuits site, in partnership with Citeo and Paprec.
Plastic waste → collected and directed to a collection centre
Collection centre (operated by Citeo) → transports the waste to a sorting facility
Sorting and preparation of plastic waste (Paprec) → 15 kt/year of processed raw materials
Grandpuits site → chemical recycling via pyrolysis, producing TacoilTM pyrolysis oil
Petrochemical sites → convert the oil into polymers
Polymers → used for a variety of applications: food-grade packaging, medical equipment, etc.
Closed loop: the various applications feed back into plastic waste, illustrating the cycle.
The label "ISCC Certified - Sample & Seal" appears on the steps "Sorting and Preparation", "Grandpuits site", "Petrochemical sites" and "Polymers"