They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste

They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste

Head south on state Highway 96, past a stretch of soybean crops and tobacco fields, and you’ll arrive in Zebulon, North Carolina, population 8,665. There, on a quiet stretch of Industrial Drive, sits a nondescript commercial building. It’s easy to miss; the name on the front door is barely legible. But atop that humble three-acre lot lies a leading solution to the global plastic pollution crisis — well, according to the plastic industry. The fac…