LyondellBasell is also actively involved in mechanical recycling through its Quality Circular Polymers (QCP) joint venture with SUEZ, which converts post-consumer plastic waste into new plastic pellets that are used in applications ranging from electrical appliances, washing detergent bottles and suitcases. LyondellBasell Industries has started building a pilot plastic waste processing plant in Italy in a step towards a goal of scaling its process system up to a commercial scale. In collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Netherlands-based company’s new facility will be able to produce about 100 million tons per year by 2025, which would make it one of Europe’s largest producers and distributors of recycled plastic. The company wants to tackle waste that is difficult to process, including multi-layered films, and turn it into feedstock for new products.
LyondellBasell Industries has started building a pilot plastic waste processing plant in Italy in a step towards a goal of scaling its process system up to a commercial scale. In collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Netherlands-based company’s new facility will be able to produce about 100 million tons per year by 2025, which would make it one of Europe’s largest producers and distributors of recycled plastic. The company wants to tackle waste that is difficult to process, including multi-layered films, and turn it into feedstock for new products.