Plastic recycling: inside Synova
[Marco Meloni, Executive Director Synova]
Synova was established in 2001,and bought by TotalEnergies in 2019.
We have two sites:Tillières-sur-Avre and Nœux-les-Mines.
Nœux-les-Mines does preparation.
We buy waste and process it so that it's ready to be reused.
At Tillières we make polypropylene compounds from recycled polypropylene that are used to make new raw materials.
[Sébastien Bariller, Vice President Polymers Low Carbon Solutions, TotalEnergies]
The Company's ambition is to produce 30% recycled and renewable polymers by 2030.
[Marco Meloni, Executive Director Synova]
An extension is underway to double the site's capacity.
We have new extruders that will increase capacity from 25,000 to 42,000 tons.
[Sébastien Bariller, Vice President Polymers Low Carbon Solutions, TotalEnergies]
Our ambition in mechanical recycling is based on acquisitions and projects to build capacity on these sites.
[Marco Meloni, Executive Director Synova]
There's a lot going on right now.
The recycling business is growing, demand is rising. We must keep up.
[Sébastien Bariller, Vice President Polymers Low Carbon Solutions, TotalEnergies]
Mechanical recycling is a mature technology, which is perfect for some applications, especially the automotive market.
Synova is a great fit for our mechanical recycling ambition.
[Tim Mortiers, GLobal Sales & Marketing Manager PP Automotive TotalEnergies]
When you look at a car,inside the car you have plastics.
The most used plastic is polypropylene.
Today we have roughly 70 kg of polypropylene in every car.
By using polypropylene you can save up to 30% weight compared to metal.
So today you can say by reducing the weight of a car of 100 kg you reduce the CO2 emissions by 10% and you increase the autonomy of the car.
[Marco Meloni, Executive Director Synova]
Owing to their high added value, our products are much in demand in the automotive industry.
[Sébastien Bariller, Vice President Polymers Low Carbon Solutions, TotalEnergies]
Plastics are vital to our everyday lives.
The polymers that we produce help reduce our customers' CO2 emissions and support TotalEnergies'ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050.