Factfile:

Company name: Basell Polyolefins

Location: Carrington, UK.

Products: Development and production of polypropylene, polyethylene, advanced polyolefin materials and polyolefin catalysts.

Sustainable change: Installation of a distillation unit allows useful materials to be recovered from waste gases that were previously burnt off.

Effect: Less emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of waste gas. Useful components are recycled into the production of polypropylene and wastes are used to fuel plant boilers.

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