Second Cyclyx Circularity Center to be located near Fort Worth, Texas

Cyclyx International LLC, a joint venture among Tigard, Oregon-based Agilyx and Houston-based ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell, has reached a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center (CCC2).

The new facility will be located at an existing distribution center in the area of Fort Worth, Texas, as the partnership aims to create further necessary infrastructure for a circular economy for plastics.

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Together, Agilyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell are investing $135 million into Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Cyclyx to fund the construction and operations of CCC2, and say startup is expected in the second half of 2026. Once operational, Cyclyx says the facility will have the capacity to produce approximately 300 million pounds of plastic feedstock per year for customers using mechanical and advanced recycling technologies.

Similar to CCC1, which is progressing toward startup in 2025 in Houston, CCC2 operations are expected to create more than 100 jobs in the local economy, according to Cyclyx.

“This new world-class facility will significantly expand our capability to supply the growing industry demand for feedstock for both mechanical and advanced recycling,” Cyclyx CEO Joe Vaillancourt says. “CCC2 will help enable the aggregation and recycling of postconsumer, commercial and industrial plastic waste often destined for landfills or incineration. We look forward to working with the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex community as well as our feedstock customers to deliver sustainable solutions.”

Cyclyx says its Circularity Centers are designed to accept a wide range of plastic streams, including plastics that are typically not accepted in current industry recycling programs. Combined, Cyclyx says CCC1 and CCC2 will have the capacity to produce an estimated 600 million pounds of plastic scrap feedstock annually.

As part of its strategy, Cyclyx says it is continuing to explore the development of additional Circularity Centers, with the goal of placing each facility in major hubs across the U.S.