Chemical recycling of plastic: Neste acquires European rights to Alterra Energy’s thermochemical liquefaction technology
Neste Corporation, Press Release, 27 June 2022 at 8 a.m. (EET) Alterra Energy’s industrial-scale waste plastics liquefaction unit in Akron, Ohio. Photo: Alterra EnergyNeste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. Alterra Energy is a US-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for liquefaction of hard-to-recycle plastic. In Akron, Ohio, the company is already running an industrial-scale facility that transforms end-of-life plastics into an