US EditionCompany cancels $300 million project that would have burned plastics in Region blast furnaces
- International Recycling Group has canceled its planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to funding cuts and tariffs from the Trump administration.
- The facility aimed to process 160,000 tons of plastic waste but faced high costs and market challenges for recycled materials.
- Opponents argued the plant would increase pollution and health risks in communities near the facility, calling it a false solution.
- Advocates opposed the project, claiming it would worsen pollution in both Erie and Northwest Indiana and provide a false recycling solution.
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EHNA controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
PITTSBURGH — International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons. The facility, slated to be built in a former Hammermill Paper Property less than a mile from Lake Erie, would have collected 160,000 tons of mixed plastic waste from a 750-mile radius and ground it into smaller pieces…
Company cancels $300 million project that would have burned plastics in Region blast furnaces
International Recycling Group cancelled plans to build a $300 million project to recycle plastic that would have been burned in the blast furnaces of a Northwest Indiana steel mill.
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