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FPA Tours Envion Oil Generator Facility

As a key focus of FPA’s flexible packaging sustainability initiative, the association is conducting an in-depth evaluation of the end-of-life options for flexible packaging. To support these efforts, last September, FPA visited an energy-from-waste (EfW) facility operated by Covanta Energy in Dickerson, Md. The tour provided FPA staff and participating member companies a greater understanding of the waste-to-energy recovery process and its application to flexible packaging.

To further support these efforts, FPA most recently participated in a tour of the Envion Oil Generator facility located in Derwood, Md., and operated by Envion, Inc. The visit allowed FPA to evaluate the capabilities of Envion’s plastic waste-to-oil conversion technology and how it may apply to the flexible packaging industry.

During the tour, conducted by Andres Fossas, director of strategy for Envion, Inc., FPA was provided with an overview of the oil generator and daily system operations. The generator unit can process 10,000 tons of plastic waste per year. On average, the oil recovery rate is 62%. The generator produces low sulfur oil, which is 99% sediment-free. Through further refinement, the oil can be converted into gasoline, kerosene, diesel and jet fuel. Since operations began last September, the generator has produced 15,000 gallons of oil.

The Envion Oil Generator does not use an external fuel source for power. The byproducts of the generator (plastic waste residue and vent gas) remain within the unit and serve as the sole source of power generation. According to Envion executives, the generator is in full compliance with EPA standards, although state/federal permits have not yet been issued. Envion maintains that its plastic waste-to-oil conversion is not an incineration process, but is pyrolysis. Eniron has been granted a temporary operating permit classifying the generator as waste remediation technology.

The generator accepts PET, HDPE, LDPE/LLDPE, PP, PE, PS and PVC (less that 10%). Materials can be mixed and the generator can also process food contaminated waste (up to 20%). Presorting, cleaning and drying are not necessary as the generator has high tolerance for foreign waste materials. Envion has not tested paper/poly or poly/foil materials, but has offered to conduct testing on flexible packaging materials.

For more information regarding the Envion Oil Generator and Envion Inc., visit www.envion.com. For more information about FPA’s flexible packaging sustainability initiatives, visit www.flexpack.org or contact FPA at [phone].

FPA Update March 2010
March 1, 2010
http://www.flexpackmag.com/Articles/FPA_Update/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000782869

Covanta Energy Corporation

Covanta Energy is an internationally recognized owner and operator of Energy-from-Waste and power generation projects. Covanta Energy's Energy-from-Waste facilities convert municipal solid waste into renewable energy for numerous communities,

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Covanta Energy

As a world premier operator of large-scale energy-from-waste facilities, Covanta Energy is proud to offer an environmentally sound solution to communities' solid waste disposal needs. With over 40 facilities worldwide, Covanta uses municipal solid waste as a fuel to generate clean, renewable energy. Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely turn 20 million tons of waste into over 9 million megawatt hours of clean renewable electricity each year and create over 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of industries.

Covanta’s modern energy-from-waste facilities:
Produce a combine total of 9,000 Gigawatts-hours of renewable electricity per year, which creates enough energy to power the homes in the city of Philadelphia.
Serve the waste disposal needs of approximately 20 million people in communities across the United States.
Reduce the need for fossil fuels, saving the equivalent of 20 million barrels of oil each year.
Recover and recycle 400,000 tons of metals from the waste which is enough metal to manufacture 300,000 hybrid cars each year.
Process over 5% of the nation’s waste.
Have a worldwide presence, with facilities in Europe and China.

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