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NextChem is designing a model for a circular low-carbon future using proven and sustainable technologies

Step 1

The Green Circular District can create value from recyclable plastic waste and waste that would have otherwise been incinerated or sent to landfill

Step 2

A portion of plastic waste can be mechanically recycled with our MyReplast Upcycling technology to produce new high-quality recycled polymers high-quality recycled polymers

Step 3

Non-recyclable plastic waste and dry fractions can be chemically transformed by recovering the carbon and hydrogen they contain using a process called partial oxidation, which does not use combustion and produces Circular Gas, which is used to produce green chemicals and fuels.

Step 4

Circular Gas can be used to produce Circular Hydrogen, Circular Methanol, Circular Ethanol, ammonia, and many derivatives critical to producing fuels and many objects around us.

Step 5

The Green Circular District can also produce green hydrogen using an electrolysis process based on water and renewable energy. Hydrogen can be used as an industrial fuel and for public mobility and will increasingly be the fuel of the future.

Step 6

And, there is more – recycled polymers are used to produce new plastic goods (such as furniture, rigid packaging, and automotive components) that, once their useful life cycle is over, will become waste again and can be recycled again.

NextChem’s Green Circular District model

NextChem, the Maire Tecnimont Group’s energy transition company, has designed a Green Circular District model which combines various technologies, meeting decarbonisation, increased recycling and reduced incineration and landfill targets.

Waste valorization is an integral part of an energy transition strategy which cannot exclude green chemistry. Through this proposal, NextChem is designing a model for the future that we can build today, using proven technologies and economic sustainability.

NextChem’s Green Circular District lends itself particularly well to green conversion of conventional industrial sites using processes based on the use of fossil fuels, which would be replaced with circular renewable fuels, thereby lowering climate-altering emissions. It is an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable solution.

This model features an innovative application of solid, proven and ready-to-use technologies for the energy transition.

The Green Circular District benefits the environment, the economy and society

Decarbonization

It makes it possible to produce low-carbon chemicals and fuels that reduce CO₂ emissions and are necessary for sustainable mobility.

Local Economies

This model makes it possible to reduce imports and dependence on foreign countries for strategic chemicals for the economy and to promote supply chains and new industries.

Recycling

The Green Circular District increases the rate of waste recovery by reducing incineration and the use of landfills.

Employment

The District makes it possible to convert traditional industrial sites using green chemistry, ensuring a different, sustainable future and creating new jobs.