Mura Technology Expands into Singapore with New Advanced Recycling Facility

Mura Technology, the pioneer of a next generation advanced plastic recycling solution, has announced plans to develop a 50 kilotonnes per annum (kta) facility in Singapore. This marks a significant milestone in the company’s expansion across Asia, joining existing facilities operated under license from Mura by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation in Japan and currently being commissioned by LG Chem in South Korea, which when combined with Mura’s own UK facility in Wilton, Teesside, UK, will total 60kta of liquid circular hydrocarbon output capacity by the end of 2025.

The new facility will be located on Jurong Island within the Singapore Essential Chemicals Complex (SECC) , where Mura has recently secured rights to a site from PCS Pte. Ltd. (PCS). Mura has also opened a Singapore office to support this strategic expansion.

Southeast Asia’s predicted generation of 56 million tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste annually by 2050 creates both an urgent environmental challenge and a significant resource opportunity. The Singapore facility, which will have scope to increase in size to 100kta, will utilise Mura’s Hydro-PRT® technology, to efficiently convert plastic waste into valuable circular hydrocarbon products that can be used to create high-quality recycled plastic materials.

Pioneered by Mura Technology, the Hydro-PRT process is the next generation of advanced plastic recycling due to its use of supercritical water (water under elevated pressure and temperature, above its critical point), which distinguishes it from alternative advanced recycling processes such as pyrolysis, ensuring the efficient and scalable conversion of plastic waste to circular hydrocarbons. According to company, Hydro-PRT can process contaminated and mixed plastics, such as flexible and rigid food packaging, producing high yields of circular hydrocarbon products for use in the manufacture of virgin-quality, recycled plastics.