LyondellBasell installs pyrolysis reactors at German recycling plant

LyondellBasell has installed the pyrolysis reactors at its chemical recycling plant in Germany, taking the project out of engineering and into mechanical construction. The plant is designed to turn mixed plastic waste that mechanical recycling cannot handle into a liquid feedstock for crackers. No capacity or commissioning date has been given.

Why this mattersReactor installation narrows the gap between announced and operating European chemical-recycling capacity that supplies recycled polymer feedstock to packaging producers.

• Pyrolysis reactors are now in place at LyondellBasell's German chemical recycling site
• With the reactors installed, the project has passed from engineering to mechanical construction
• The plant will process mixed plastic waste into pyrolysis feedstock for crackers
• LyondellBasell has disclosed neither throughput capacity nor a commissioning date

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