中国石化新闻网讯 据MRCHUB网站12月15日莫斯科报道，位于得克萨斯州欧文市的埃克森美孚公司(ExxonMobil Corp.)近日宣布，计划在得克萨斯州贝敦(Baytown)建造其首个大型废弃塑料先进回收设施。该公司表示，预计该设施将于2022年底开始运营。
埃克森美孚公司报告称，其希望利用这一设施来帮助应对环境中塑料垃圾的挑战。根据埃克森美孚公司的一份新闻稿显示，一家规模较小的临时工厂已经运营，正在生产商业规模的经认证的环状聚合物，将于今年年底上市。
埃克森美孚化工公司（ExxonMobil Chemical Co.）总裁Karen McKee表示，已经在Baytown证明了专有的先进回收技术，正在扩大运营规模，到年底提供经过认证的环状聚合物。可靠的先进回收能力的可用性将在帮助解决环境中的塑料垃圾方面发挥重要作用，正在评估在世界其他地方的大规模部署。
该公司已经对其将塑料废料转化为原材料的专有工艺进行了初步试验。据埃克森美孚称，该试验回收了1000多吨塑料废料，并证明了每天处理50吨塑料废料的能力。
一旦该大型设施建成后，该业务将具备每年回收30000吨塑料废料的能力。埃克森美孚表示，如果对住宅和工业塑料废料收集和分类系统实施承认的先进回收利用的生命周期效益的政策和法规，预计运营能力将得到扩大。
该公司还计划在未来五年内在全球建立约50万吨的先进回收能力。在欧洲，该公司正在与Plastic Energy合作，在法国格拉夫松圣母院（Notre Dame de Gravechon）建立一个先进的回收工厂，预计于2023年投产时，该工厂将每年处理25000吨塑料废料，并有可能进一步提高至33000吨。该公司还正在评估荷兰、美国海湾沿岸、加拿大和新加坡的场地。
埃克森美孚还与安捷利克斯公司（Agilex Corp.）、Cyclyx International LLC成立了一家合资企业，专注于开发聚合和预处理大量可转化为产品原料的塑料废料的解决方案。该公司报告称，Cyclyx将帮助提供其先进的回收项目。
郝芬 译自 MRCHUB
原文如下：
ExxonMobil starts operations at large-scale advanced recycling facility
ExxonMobil Corp., Irving, Texas, has announced plans to build its first large-scale postuse plastic advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas. The company says it expects to begin operations at the facility by the end of 2022, said the company.
ExxonMobil reports that it wants to use this facility to help address the challenge of plastic waste in the environment. According to a news release from ExxonMobil, a smaller, temporary facility already operates and is producing commercial volumes of certified circular polymers that will be marketed by the end of this year.
“We’ve proven our proprietary advanced recycling technology in Baytown, and we’re scaling up operations to supply certified circular polymers by year-end,” says Karen McKee, president of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. “Availability of reliable advanced recycling capacity will play an important role in helping address plastic waste in the environment, and we are evaluating wide-scale deployment in other locations around the world.”
The company has performed an initial trial of its proprietary process for converting plastic scrap into raw materials. According to ExxonMobil, the trial recycled more than 1,000 metric tons of plastic scrap and has demonstrated the capability of processing 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 plastic scrap per year. ExxonMobil says it 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 collection 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>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. The company reports that Cyclyx will help to supply its advanced recycling projects.
