Montreal-based high-tech company PyroGenesis has signed a new contract for approximately CA$600,000 to help an unnamed client target the problem of plastic waste in Europe.In a July 2 press release, PyroGenesis officials said the project is for the engineering and testing of an advanced waste management solution targeting both non-recyclable plastics and other forms of hazardous liquid waste. Using PyroGenesis’ high-temperature plasma gasification technology as the platform, the goal is to create an environmentally sustainable waste disposal process with low greenhouse gas emissions.The client operates more than 100 waste treatment sites and facilities across Europe.Plastic waste is a major issue across Europe, the press release said, from both a waste and financial penalty perspective. “In 2022, in Europe, over 32 million tonnes of plastic waste was generated, with only 27 per cent being recycled,” it said. “Eight European member states landfill more than 50 per cent of their plastics waste.”Advertisement“With these financial penalties in mind, European companies are seeking to reduce their plastic waste,” said P. Peter Pascali, president and CEO of PyroGenesis. “With [this] announcement, PyroGenesis hopes to develop a plasma-based technology solution toward this major challenge facing the European continent. This is the third project we have announced with this client in recent months, and this multi-project relationship, crossing two continents, underscores the growing appeal our solutions have with large, diversified companies that have a wide variety of technical challenges requiring unique solutions.”The first project announced on Jan. 27, 2025 was for the design and delivery of components related to “flaring” that provide for the safe and environmentally friendly incineration of emissions that occur during renewable natural gas production. The second project, announced Feb. 18, 2025, is for the engineering, design, fabrication, and delivery of condensate pots that will be placed within a biogas production infrastructure to collect and separate water from the biogas.“Today’s announcement is also an important next step for the company in its waste remediation business line,” Pascali said. “In more recent years, we have been targeting the problem of landfills: in 2021, we acquired AirScience Technologies and launched Pyro Green-Gas to provide various technologies used during the conversion of renewable natural gas from landfill-based methane; in 2023, we developed a plasma torch to help destroy Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances or PFAS, known as forever chemicals due to a strong molecular bond that resists degradation and have been connected to worldwide health issues; and now with the project announced today, we’ve begun the process to face down perhaps the largest landfill issue: managing plastic waste,” (ICE TORONTO)

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