HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell
(NYSE: LYB) today announced 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 U.S. manufacturing
sites. ISCC PLUS certification is a globally-recognized system
for providing traceability of recycled and renewable-based
materials across the supply chain.
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 process1,
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.
For more information on the Circulen suite of
products, click here.
1Using a mass-balance approach
About LyondellBasell
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the largest plastics,
chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its
employees around the globe, LyondellBasell produces materials and
products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges
like enhancing food safety through lightweight and flexible
packaging, protecting the purity of water supplies through stronger
and more versatile pipes, improving the safety, comfort and fuel
efficiency of many of the cars and trucks on the road, and ensuring
the safe and effective functionality in electronics and appliances.
LyondellBasell sells products into more than 100 countries and is
the world's largest producer of polypropylene compounds and the
largest licensor of polyolefin technologies. In 2021,
LyondellBasell was named to FORTUNE Magazine's list of the "World's
Most Admired Companies" for the fourth consecutive year. More
information about LyondellBasell can be found
at www.lyondellbasell.com.
Circulen is a trademark owned or used by the
LyondellBasell family of companies.
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