February 2, 2026 12:42
After identifying the Netherlands as the location for its new demonstration plant for the chemical recycling of plastic waste using the Hydrochemolytic (HCT) process, Aduro Clean Technologies has selected the Chemelot Industrial Park (CIP) in Sittard-Geleen for the investment.
The project provides for the construction of a first-of-a-kind industrial facility with a processing capacity of around 10,000 tonnes per year, with scope for future expansion and process optimisation.
The Chemelot industrial park already hosts chemical production facilities and application development centres. Aduro selected the Dutch site following a months-long search based on technical, industrial and strategic criteria, during which four locations were shortlisted.
North-western Europe was favoured due to its established waste-management infrastructure, the concentration of industrial partners and end markets, and evolving regulation supporting circular materials.
According to the company, the final decision reflects Chemelot’s ability to support industrial operations and future growth, including access to utilities, proximity to regional steam-cracking capacity, integration within an established circular plastics value chain, availability of feedstock, and alignment with European regulatory and permitting frameworks.
The presence of the Brightlands Chemelot Campus—an open-innovation and scale-up ecosystem for the chemicals and materials industries—also weighed on the site selection. Aduro has been active there since 2021 as part of its European technology development activities.
Unlike traditional thermal cracking techniques, which rely on high temperatures to break complex molecules, the HCT process uses water as a reactive medium and simple, cost-effective metal compounds as catalysts to selectively cleave carbon–carbon bonds in macromolecules. This converts them into smaller, reactive yet manageable molecules at relatively low temperatures, reducing both energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
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