Clean Vision breaks ground on West Virginia pyrolysis facility

Plastic conversion and circular oil developer Clean Vision Corp., Los Angeles, has broken ground on its Clean-Seas West Virginia (CSWV) facility in Belle, West Virginia, formerly the site of 84 Lumber. The company says the plant, which will use pyrolysis to recycle plastics, represents a “key step” in advancing the region’s role in the global circular economy.

Clean Vision says the facility initially will be able to process 50 tons of material per day and plans to eventually expand the site to a 200-tons-per-day capacity. The company adds that the Belle facility is expected to bring more than 40 technical and operational jobs to the area during its initial phase, then more than 100 full-time jobs upon the plant’s expansion.

More than 100 people attended Clean Vision’s groundbreaking ceremony July 2, including West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack, Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw and representatives for U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore-Capito and Jim Justice and Congresswoman Carol D. Miller.

“This is more than just a groundbreaking, it’s a new chapter for West Virginia’s clean energy future,” Clean Vision CEO Dan Bates said during the event. “I couldn’t be prouder of our team. We’re well on our way to commissioning this facility and expect to be operational in Q4 this year.”

During the event, the company showed its training, research and evaluation unit, which already is onsite and undergoing final preparations for activation later this month. Clean Vision claims feedstock agreements already are “firmly in place,” and it currently is finalizing an offtake agreement.

“It was an honor to be the keynote speaker at today’s groundbreaking ceremony for Clean-Seas West Virginia,” Pack said of the event. “When completed, this project will be Clean Vision’s first plastic conversion facility in the U.S. and will provide 40-50 new jobs. We must continue to make economic development a top priority for our state. I would like to thank the Clean-Seas team for investing in West Virginia and our workforce. That’s a huge win for this area of eastern Kanawha County, where I grew up.”