LyondellBasell gains ISCC PLUS certification in North America
Published by Pippa Luck,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
LyondellBasell has announced that the company has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for certain grades of polyethylene and polypropylene produced at four of its US manufacturing sites. ISCC PLUS certification is a globally-recognised system for providing traceability of recycled and renewable-based materials across the supply chain.
LyondellBasell has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS certification for certain grades of polyethylene and polypropylene produced at four of its US manufacturing sites, including its crackers in Channelview, Texas and its polymer sites in Lake Charles, Louisiana; La Porte, Texas; and Clinton, Iowa.
ISCC PLUS certification enables LyondellBasell to extend its Circulen suite of products to customers in North America and offer mass balance certificates for these products. The company will begin North American Circulen production with its CirculenRevive products, which are polymers produced from plastic waste through an advanced recycling process using a mass-balance approach, initially using feedstock provided by third parties. LyondellBasell expects to gradually ramp up production to meet growing demand over the coming years.
“The ISCC PLUS certification of four of our North American sites will help us bring more sustainable solutions to our customers,” said Ken Lane, LyondellBasell Executive Vice President of Global Olefins and Polyolefins. “By delivering these new CirculenRevive products, we are proving plastics have value beyond their initial use, in any application that virgin plastic is used. The ISCC PLUS certification helps us to accelerate our progress as an industry leader in the production and marketing of recycled and renewable-based polymers.”
LyondellBasell secured the certification for its crackers in Channelview, Texas and its polymer sites in Lake Charles, Louisiana; La Porte, Texas; and Clinton, Iowa. The company plans to broaden the ISCC PLUS certification to its other North American polymer plants. The ISCC PLUS certification is part of the company's multi-pronged approach to help advance the circular economy. In addition, LyondellBasell continues to develop its own proprietary advanced (molecular) recycling technology to enable a more efficient chemical conversion process and use less energy than other technologies.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/petrochemicals/10092021/lyondellbasell-gains-iscc-plus-certification-in-north-america/
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