{"id":9999,"date":"2025-10-28T03:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2025-10-28T03:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:43:45","slug":"endolys-to-build-plastic-film-recycling-facility-in-darlington-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=9999","title":{"rendered":"Endolys to build plastic film recycling facility in Darlington, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The plant will be sited on the former Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company works in Darlington. Credit: Tees Valley Combined Authority<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Chemical recycling company Endolys has chosen Tees Valley to build what it describes as the UK\u2019s first large-scale facility for recycling plastic film.<\/p>\n

The plant will be sited on the former Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company works in Darlington, a 29-acre industrial plot that has been unused since 2021.<\/p>\n

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The project will be delivered in two phases and create up to 120 jobs.<\/p>\n

The first phase, for which \u00a360m ($80m) of funding is already in place, will comprise six production units designed to process 60,000 tonnes of shredded plastic film waste annually and convert it into 40,000 tonnes of pyrolysis oil.<\/p>\n

A second phase, contingent on further investment of a similar scale, would double those throughput and output figures.<\/p>\n

All feedstock is intended to come from municipal waste facilities. Subject to securing planning and environmental approvals, Endolys expects phase one operations to begin at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

Endolys CEO\u00a0Michael Fox stated: \u201cThis is an exciting project that will not only create high quality jobs in the growing recycling industry, but will also provide a major boost the circular economy by diverting plastic waste including many single use items such as cups, straws and plastic bags away from incineration and landfill, converting them back into a useful product.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plant will use technology developed by Niutech Environment Technology Corporation, which Endolys notes is employed in 40 plants worldwide.<\/p>\n

Installation work will be carried out by Tees Valley engineering company Intelect.<\/p>\n

Endolys has also reached a commercial agreement with a global oil distribution and trading company to purchase the plant\u2019s entire output.<\/p>\n

The pyrolysis oil will be stored at Navigator Terminals\u2019 facility at Seal Sands for export into the European petrochemical market.<\/p>\n

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