The facility can process up to 150,000 tonnes of liquefied waste plastic annually. It produces feedstock for the plastics and chemicals industry. According to the company, processing will be ramped up gradually.

The project is also intended to align recycling processes with the requirements of the forthcoming European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

The Implementing Decision also sets out the Commission's mass-balance approach under the SUPD implementing act voted through on 6 February.

The installation integrates Girbau's Sortech system with Picvisa's Ecosort technology. Sortech is designed to automate the feeding, separation and controlled distribution of garments in high-volume industrial environments. The system replaces repetitive manual handling and ensures a consistent material flow to downstream processes. Originally developed for industrial laundry applications, the technology has been adapted to meet the operational requirements of post-consumer textile sorting, where increasing material volumes require scalable and robust processing solutions.

The European Commission's first Working Plan for implementing the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) has been published. It confirms the list of priority products this policy will tackle first to improve their sustainability - with almost all products on the EU market due to be covered eventually. The list includes textile apparel, furniture, mattresses, tyres, iron and steel, and aluminium.

Key updates include streamlining the measurement of intrinsic viscosity variation for PET bottles and harmonising the filter pack used in extrusion during HDPE and PP rigid packaging recyclability tests to facilitate future common assessments.

The most recent studies focus on the search for cheaper alternative substrates, such as agro-industrial waste or industrial by-products, and on extraction strategies to reduce product costs. In this way, the aim is to facilitate their incorporation into a market dominated by petroleum-based plastics. The most commercialised PHAs have certain limitations to be processed by conventional technologies, so one of the objectives is to optimise them so that they can be used in different applications within the plastics industry, as well as to scale up their production and supply companies in the sector.