Happy Wednesday!
We love a follow-up. We blogged about LyondellBasell and their over
100-year-old refinery on the Houston Ship Channel in January 2025 and how they
were on track to mothball this aging plant by the end of March 2025. At the time the question was what will LyondellBasell
do next with the property, will they turn it into a green hydrogen plant, new
refinery or what? Well, they have let
the cat out of the bag.
Did anyone happen to read the Houston
Chronicle’s Business Section on May 19, 2025, their article titled, “Will
community get a say in change? Former
LyondellBasell refinery is switching from petroleum to plastic recycling”? In the article, it goes on to speak on how LyondellBasell’s
100-year-old refinery site has submitted applications for fast tracking approval
for a chemical waste recycling unit for plastic refuse on part on the site. LyondellBasell’s process would entail them using
recycled plastic pellets mixing it with a heated catalyst substance which would
help separate the plastic into a gas and liquid which would be used in new materials. The process will have lower emissions than
the old refinery. According to the
article the unit would be in service by 2027.
LyondellBasell and Exxon have
partnered up with a third party, Agilyx in an advanced recycling project to
build the Cyclyx Circularity Center in the Houston area.
This project will help with the growing plastic problem by getting
plastic out of our garbage dumps and recycling them for other uses. The project will use innovative machinery and
techniques which will decide the type of plastic, then separate and organize,
and turn it into raw materials to be used at Exxon or Lyondell-Basell’s waste
recycling plants for use in new materials. We wish them luck cleaning up plastic waste! If you would like to read more of the
Houston Chronicle’s article on MSN, please click the link: A former LyondellBasell refinery is switching to plastic recycling. Will thecommunity get a say?.
If you would like help in looking
into how to transport your product efficiently, safely, and with less of a
carbon footprint or just find out what is underneath your feet to help with
your emission reduction goals, contact us via email in the Blog and check out
our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of
your week!
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