{"id":108863,"date":"2024-11-24T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T06:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polymervapooshesh.ir\/?p=108863"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:12:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T06:42:28","slug":"108863","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polymervapooshesh.ir\/en\/108863\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil invest $200M to expand Texas chemical recycling capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranpolymer\/Baspar\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0US-based ExxonMobil announced plans to invest over $200 million to expand chemical recycling\u00a0capacity at its sites in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas.<\/p>\n

The oil and gas giant said it plans to add new pyrolysis units at the sites, increasing capacity by 350 million pounds (159,000 tonnes) per year and bringing its total capacity to 500 million pounds (227,000 tonnes) per year. ExxonMobil aims to reach 1 billion pounds (454,000 tonnes) year of recycling capacity globally by 2027.<\/p>\n

Currently, the Baytown chemical recycling site is capable of processing 40,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste per year. The facility started operations in 2022 and has since processed 70 million pounds (32,000 tonnes) of plastic waste using pyrolysis technology.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil\u2019s operations at the Beaumont site currently include crude oil refinement and polyethylene production, amongst others. The company had\u00a0previously disclosed\u00a0it was considering adding chemical recycling operations to the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are solutions providers, and this multi-million-dollar investment will enhance our ability to convert hard-to-recycle plastics into raw materials that produce valuable new products,\u201d said Karen McKee, president of ExxonMobil product solutions. \u201cAt our Baytown site, we\u2019ve proven chemical recycling works at scale, which gives us confidence in our ambition to provide the capacity to process more than 1 billion pounds of plastic per year around the world. We\u2019re proud of this proprietary technology and the role it can play in helping establish a circular economy for plastics and reducing plastic waste.\u201d<\/p>\n

The investment comes two months after\u00a0California sued ExxonMobill for allegedly misleading the public about plastics recycling.<\/p>\n

State Attorney General Rob Bonta claims the company has “engaged in a decades-long campaign of deception that caused and exacerbated the global plastics pollution crisis,” the state said in announcing the\u00a0Sept. 23 legal action.<\/p>\n

Bonta wants the court to order ExxonMobil to create and fund an abatement program and order the company to stop all allegedly deceptive statements regarding plastics operations. This includes “referring to its operations and products by the terms ‘advanced recycling,’ ‘chemical recycling,’ ‘circular,’ ‘certified circular polymers,’ and ‘recyclable,'” the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n

The attorney general also seeks the company to protect against and prevent further pollution, impairment and destruction of natural resources. The lawsuit further seeks a litany of civil penalties.<\/p>\n

ExxonMobil issued a\u00a0short reaction\u00a0to the lawsuit, essentially telling the state of California not to blame the company for its own misdeeds.<\/p>\n

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