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
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...
Alterra Boosts Production
Plastics News, Alterra Boosts Production View...
The Plastics Industry Says Advanced Recycling is a Solution to the Plastic Waste Crisis. But Environmental Groups Disagree.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The plastics industry says there is way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet’s oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid...

