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AGENDA COMET GROUP COMET TRAITEMENTS PHOENIX PROCESS R&D – Other developments CONCLUSION

COMET GROUP

COMET GROUP FIGURES • 1.200.000 T/y of metal waste • 2 shredders: Mons (5.2 MW) and Charleroi (2.2 MW) • 350 persons • 350.000.000 € of turnover • Recovery rate > 95%

INTRODUCTION TO METAL WASTE COMET TRAITEMENTS A MINE OF SECONDARY RAW MATERIAL Bulk Steel Scraps… but also → → ELV WEEE (cat. 2) Ferrous % 68,5 38 Non ferrous % 8,5 28 Plastics % 16,5 19 Glass % 2,5 4 Wood % - 1 Fluids % 2,0 - Other % 2,0 10 EU % 95 (2015) 50 to 90 objectives

OUR COMPANIES • Cometsambre • Comet Traitements • Comet Services • Recymet • Recycar • Comet Gent DEPOLLUTION/DISMANTLING SHREDDER RESIDUE • Terecoval (FR ) • Comet Brussels METAL WASTE • V&M Recycling • Recytire • Ecofer • Comet Rouen (FR) • Comet Arles (FR) • RDN (FR) • SDFI Cornu (FR) • Gosselin Duriez (FR) COMMUNICATION, COMET COMET COMET COMET RH, IT RECHERCHE TRANSPORTS FLUVIAL TECHNIQUE

LOCALISATION Obourg Châtelet

LOCALISATION

INDUSTRIAL SITES CHÂTELET

INDUSTRIAL SITES OBOURG

INTRODUCTION TO SHREDDER RESIDUE A MINE OF SECONDARY RAW MATERIAL METAL SHREDDER WASTES RESIDUE Fluids, tires, batteries, airbags, catalyst, etc Light SR (fluff) Magnetic Dismantling separation SHREDDER Air suction Magnetic separation Heavy SR Sorting Press-shears

VMR / COMET SERVICES VMR / Comet Services Collection / Depollution / Dismantling

COMET SAMBRE Shredding / Magnetic separation → Mine of iron

COMET TRAITEMENTS Shredder residue Processing and Recovery

COMET TRAITEMENTS COMET TRAITEMENTS COMPANY PROFILE • SME created in 2002 • Activity: Shredder Residue processing and recovery • 7 production units (Post Shredder Technology) • Treatment capacity : 350 000 T/y o Châtelet (near Charleroi): 80.000 T/y of Light SR o Obourg (near Mons): 270.000 t/y of Heavy SR of which 85.000 T/y of plastics • Workers: 130 • R&D team: 15 + 11 external researchers work on Comet projects

INTRODUCTION TO SHREDDER RESIDUE RECOVERY OF SHREDDER RESIDUE Input 100% SHREDDERS 77 % ferrous Heavy SR Light SR Homogenous mix of non ferrous Heterogeneous mix of textiles, metals, rubber, plastics, inerts, etc. plastics, foam, wood and fines particles 300 000 T/y 100 000 T/y

ACTIVITIES COMET TRAITEMENTS Shredder residue: a mine of metals from 200 mm … … to less than 50 µm

ACTIVITIES COMET TRAITEMENTS Shredder residue: a mine of plastics from an heterogenous mix… … to pure fractions of Closing the loop : PE/PP/ABS/PS Ongoing R&D project with car producers to use these plastics in its manufacturing process

PLASTICS RECOVERY COMET TRAITEMENTS COMET TRAITEMENTS Plastics from Shredder Residues General Flowsheet Recovery steps Purification steps Rubbers & Thermoplastics concentrate Composition : - mixture of thermoplastics Density separation = 1 PP 3 Comet - foams & textils Regrind - wood, - metals ,… FPP 3 Comet Regrind Sources : Density separation = 1,08 - ELV PS 3 Comet - Light iron scraps Regrind (ABS – PS - WEEE mixture) - Hard Plastics from collectivity Waste Sinking Fraction : s - Density > 1,08 plastics : PVC, PC, PET, PA, PMMA,POM, PBT,… Landfill or - Brominated plastics RDF - PUR, rubbers & silicones DrainaPlus

PLASTICS RECOVERY Plastics from Shredder Residues : secondary process units Near Future End Products Current End Products Upgraded plastics : High purity regrinds Available from September 2020 : starting of a new Industrial Demonstration Unit ▪ Filled PP > 98 % ▪ PS > 95% We guarantee : ▪ - Qualities ABS > 98 % - Volume Ongoing R & D : - Fixed Price ▪ PE(HD) > 95 % ▪ PP > 95 %

ACTIVITIES COMET TRAITEMENTS Shredder residue: a mine of sand Production of purified sand … … recovered as building material

ACTIVITIES COMET TRAITEMENTS Shredder residue: a mine of iron From rust… … to byproduct ore

RECOVERY PROCESS TOTAL Recovery INPUT 100% = 97,8 % (ELV, metal waste,…) EU legislation : 95% recovery rate for ELV from 2015 SHREDDERS (European directive 2000/53/CE) 77,0 % MATERIAL recovery Shredder Residue Ferrous metals (magnetic fraction) SR mainly landfilled until the 90’s R & D efforts since end of 80’s COMET TRAITEMENTS 16,3 % MATERIAL recovery Recovery rate ~98 % 1,2% Ferrous metals 3,8% Non-ferrous metals Organic residue (OSR) 3,8% Plastics (plastic films, textiles, foam, wood, rubber) 5,2% Mineral fractions 2,3% Iron oxides PHOENIX 4,5 % ENERGY recovery Hydrocarbon, carbon residue, (non)-ferrous metals Final residue = 2,2 %

PHOENIX PROCESS

PHOENIX Process Catalytic cracking Integrated process allowing the conversion of organic shredder residue into: - liquid fuel recoverable into cogeneration engine and - carbon recoverable as reducing agent for the steel industry.

FLOWSHEET PHOENIX OSR « Water » Fluff Raw material Catalytic CHAR CHAR CHAR preparation conversion treatment Ashes Hydrocarbons Purification Polymetallic e - , T° e - , T° Distillation concentrate Hydrocarbons Electricity Cogeneration Heat

SILOXANES Organic Synthetic Molecules Subgroup of silicones Contraction of Sil icon, Ox ygen, and Alk ane Used in the manufacture of many commercial products including: makeup, tooth paste, shampoo, lubricant, paint, glue, insulation, mastic, gel, etc Yearly consumption growth from 5 to 10% Thermal degradation above 200°C in small volatiles molecules

SILOXANES Combustion of SILOXANES → CO 2,gaz + H 2 0 vap + SiO 2,sol SiO 2 = main ingredient in sand SiO 2 stays in the engine

SILOXANES

SILOXANES PROCESS FOR REMOVING SILOXANE-BASED DERIVATIVES FROM A LIQUID ORGANIC PHASE

PILOT PLANT

2. PHOENIX – PHOEBUS Projects BALANCES 1 Ton of shredder residue = 22 GJ = 50% energy density of crude oil Energy balance: 66% recovery Material balance: Water Phoenix Carbon process CnHm 14% Metals 34% 8% 34% 44% 34% 12% 20% Carbon Heat (+ ashes) Electricity

FUTURE PROJECTIONS Future Projections 1. Expected industrialization from 2022 o First industrial plant located in Belgium o Treatment capacity: 35 000 T/y o Liquid fuel production: 11 000 000 liters/y o Gaseous fuel production: 4 000 000 m³/y of gas o Net electricity production: 5 MWh/h 42 M€ o Investment: o Job creations: 75 persons 2. Technology licensing for construction of others plants

R&D Other developments

R&D COMET TRAITEMENTS REVERSE METALLURGY - BIOLIX Bio-leaching of polymetallic concentrates to produce copper cathodes

R&D REVERSE METALLURGY – BIOLIX 2020 : First demonstration plant (4000 T/y)

R&D REVERSE METALLURGY - PICKIT Automated sorting of metal alloys

R&D COMET TRAITEMENTS DIVERSIFICATION o Recycling of electrical and hybrid ELVs o Recycling of PV panels o Direct reduction of ferrous co-products To be continued… o

CONCLUSION

COMET TRAITEMENTS CONCLUSION

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