Germany – LyondellBasell is to develop an integrated hub for plastic waste recycling south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany. To this end, the company signed a land lease agreement with Yncoris. The integrated recycling hub will have a total area of some 20 soccer fields.
At the hub, LyondellBasell plans to combine several advanced sorting and recycling activities. The company is developing the project in several phases. In the first phase, it is building an advanced sorting plant that will process mixed plastic waste into raw material for mechanical and advanced recycling. This first plant will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2026.
Synergy
These investments are another step by the company in its strategy to produce at least 2 million tons of recycled and renewable polymers annually by 2030. The industrial park in Knapsack is close to LyondellBasell’s site in Wesseling. The integrated recycling hub will also produce raw materials for the advanced recycling unit the company will build at its Wesseling site. The new hub will also provide opportunities for synergy with the company’s mechanical recycling facility in Geleen and the company’s polypropylene blending plant in Knapsack.
The company plans to further invest in the development of new technology for plastic waste recycling. ‘The integration of different technologies will enable us to build scale and offer our customers a wide range of products from recycled and renewable resources,’ said Yvonne van der Laan, LyondellBasell executive vice president, Circular and Low Carbon Solutions.
