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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,...
Advanced Recycling: Plastic Crisis Solution or Distraction?

Advanced Recycling: Plastic Crisis Solution or Distraction?

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. “What we are trying to do is really create a circular economy for plastics because we...