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Oil and petrochemicals giant ExxonMobil has announced plans to build its first, large-scale plastic waste chemical recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, USA. It is expected to start operations by year-end 2022. The group has been running trials


of a proprietary process for convert- ing plastic waste into raw materials, which has successfully recycled more than 1,000 tonnes. Upon completion of the large- scale facility, ExxonMobil said the operation in Baytown will be among North America’s largest plastic waste recycling facilities and will have an initial planned capacity to recycle


30,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year. The group said: “Operational capacity could be expanded quickly if effective policy and regulations that recognise the lifecycle benefits of advanced recycling are implemented for residential and industrial plastic waste collection and sorting sys- tems.” ExxonMobil is developing plans to build approximately 500,000 tonnes of advanced recycling capacity globally over the next five years. In Europe, the company is collaborating with Plastic Energy on an advanced recycling plant in France. � www.exxonmobilchemical.com


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Versalis acquires styrenic recycling technology


Versalis, part of Eni group in Italy, has acquired the technology and plants of Ecoplastic from the De Berg Group for recycling styrenic polymers. Ecoplastic has developed a


production process for recycled styrenic polymers, expanded polystyrene (rEPS) and solid polysty- rene (rGPPS) with recycled content up to 100%. The company’s second- ary raw material is obtained from EPS


waste collected from industrial and commercial sectors. Versalis said the agreement with


De Berg is part of the first phase of its planned construction of an advanced mechanical recycling hub in the transformation project at the group’s Porto Marghera plant. The overall capacity of this first phase will be around 20,000 tonnes per year. � www.versalis.eni.com


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


ExxonMobil jumps into chemical recycling


ExxonMobil’s refinery in Baytown, Texas, which will be the location for a new plastics recycling facility


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