ExxonMobil To Construct Chemical Recycling Plant ExxonMobil Corp., Irving, Texas, plans to build its first large-scale postuse plastic advanced recycling facility in Baytown,Texas.The company said it expects to begin oper- ations at the facility by the end of 2022. ExxonMobil wants to use this facility to help address the challenge of plastic waste in the environment. A smaller, temporary facility already operates and is producing com- mercial volumes of certified circular polymers that will be marketed by the end of this year. The company has performed an initial trial of its propri- etary process for converting plastic scrap into raw materials. The trial reportedly recycled more than 1,000 metric tons of plastic scrap and has demonstrated the capability of pro- cessing 50 metric tons per day. Upon completion of the large-scale facility, the operation will have the capacity to recycle 30,000 metric tons of plas- tic scrap per year. ExxonMobil anticipates that operational capacity could be expanded if policy and regulations that recognize the lifecycle benefits of advanced recycling are implemented for residential and industrial plastic scrap col- lection and sorting systems. The company also plans to build about 500,000 metric tons 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 Notre Dame de Gra- vechon, France, which is expected to process 25,000 metric tons of plastic scrap per year when it starts in 2023,with the potential for further expansion to 33,000 metric tons of an- nual capacity.The company also is assessing sites in the Neth- erlands, the U.S. Gulf Coast, Canada and Singapore. ExxonMobil also has formed a joint venture with Agilyx Corp., Cyclyx International LLC, focused on developing solutions for aggregating and preprocessing large volumes of plastic scrap that can be converted into feedstocks for products. Cyclyx will help to supply its advanced recycling projects. Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield,Virginia, has been award- ed the World Sustainability Awards’ (WSA’s) Profit with a Purpose award.The company was recognized for its renew- able natural gas (RNG) programs that convert methane from pig manure into clean energy for consumers while giving revenue opportunities to family farmers. The company also received an honorable mention in the WSA’s external partnership category for its collaboration with an environmental organization to assist farmers in its supply chain with sustainable farming practices. Smithfield Foods Wins Sustainability Award Smithfield said its RNG projects reduce carbon emissions across America, removing 25 times more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the atmosphere than are released during the resulting RNG’s end-use. The company’s RNG program was developed to accelerate Smithfield’s progress toward realizing its carbon-reduction goals.
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