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The Technology Creating Value from Used Plastic

The Technology Creating Value from Used Plastic

Listen to the Podcast Jeremy DeBenedictis shares an inspiring story about what it takes to become an environmental entrepreneur. As President of Alterra, Jeremy leads and mentors his team which has developed an innovative technology to help keep used plastics out of...
Rep. Sykes Tours Alterra Manufacturing Facility In Akron

Rep. Sykes Tours Alterra Manufacturing Facility In Akron

AKRON, OH — Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) toured Alterra, a plastics recycling company in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District. During the tour, Rep. Sykes met with Alterra’s leadership and workers to learn more about their efforts to turn...
Meet Jeremy, One of America’s Change Makers

Meet Jeremy, One of America’s Change Makers

Meet Jeremy: President, Alterra Jeremy became one of the first employees at Alterra so he could make a difference. “I had worked in a large company my entire career and got the entrepreneurial itch just as an opportunity arose in early 2011. I was lucky to have a...
Plastics Industry Sees Sustainable Start in an Ohio Plant

Plastics Industry Sees Sustainable Start in an Ohio Plant

In Akron, Ohio, situated amid industrial buildings and auto service centers, is a small oasis of polished steel and nonslip scaffolding. The proprietors of this new facility hope it’s the future of the plastics industry. The facility, a pyrolysis plant run by Alterra,...
Industry Dreams of Chemical Recycling

Industry Dreams of Chemical Recycling

The Big Idea CIRCULAR DEBATE — How do you know when something is a solution or a problem? Oil and chemical companies are investing in a technology to melt down plastic back into its chemical components, arguing that it can help address the country’s plastics...