US-based ExxonMobil has started up its new advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, the company announced Dec. 14. The advanced recycling facility is among the largest in the US, with capacity to process more than 80 million lb/year (36,288 mt/year) of plastic waste, breaking down hard-to-recycle plastics into raw materials to create new products, ExxonMobil said. Plastics that are difficult…