New Castle and Delaware City: totes in and out of Route 9
New Castle and Delaware City hold PBF’s Delaware City refinery and Croda’s Atlas Point surfactant plant on Route 9, plus warehouses by the airport and I-295.
01What sits here
The district’s ZIPs are 19720, 19706, 19733 and 19701. PBF’s refinery lists 180,000 barrels a day of nameplate capacity. Croda’s Atlas Point plant, on a site in industrial use since 1937, makes surfactants and ethylene glycol and built its own ethylene oxide plant after 2018. Both are context for the district.
| ZIP codes | Industries here | Agency to ask about empties |
|---|---|---|
| 19720, 19706, 19733, 19701 | petroleum refining, surfactants, specialty chemicals, logistics | Delaware DNREC |
02Who has empties, who needs totes
Refinery and surfactant empties carry hazard, so tickets from here start with the SDS and the rinse. Warehouses by the airport and I-295 put out simpler packaging lots. The buyers who match are chemical users across the Delaware Memorial Bridge, in Salem County, and washers and recyclers in the corridor.
03Roads, rules and the move
Route 9 runs through the district, with I-295, DE 1 and US 13 serving the warehouses. The Delaware Memorial Bridge is minutes away. The agency to ask is DNREC, and its Croda page describes the Atlas Point site’s history. A tote that crosses the bridge enters New Jersey’s program.
04Next door
| Place | ZIP codes | Industries |
|---|---|---|
| Deepwater, Carneys Point and Pennsville | 08023, 08069, 08070 | fluoropolymers, specialty chemicals, chemical manufacturing |
05On the ground
Route 9 between New Castle and Delaware City is a low, flat road along the river, and it floods at high tide in storms. A driver should have a second route in mind. The warehouses near the airport are the easiest pickups; the plants along Route 9 have gate procedures that the seller must explain on the ticket.
06Weather, season and timing
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Delaware River make bridges and drawbridge openings part of the route, and a canal bridge closure can delay a truck. Sellers should tell the buyer which crossing to use. Marsh roads along Route 9 freeze in winter and flood at high tide in a storm, so keep a second date.
07A ticket from here
- Put one of the ZIP codes from the first table on the ticket.
- State the product, the SDS and the rinse, then the count.
?Questions on this page
Which ZIPs are covered?
19720, 19706, 19733 and 19701.
What is on Route 9?
The Delaware City refinery and chemical plants, between New Castle and Delaware City.
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-11-11. Rules change; read the current text before you act on it.