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A Giant Plastics Chemical Recycling Plant Planned for Pennsylvania Died After Two Years. What Happened?

Encina said it’s reviewing new, bigger locations overseas, and chasing growing demand. Critics see multiple fatal flaws with its plans.

By James Bruggers

 The site of the formerly proposed Encina chemical recycling plant for plastic waste in Point Township, Penn. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News
A man walks along the Susquehanna River near the proposed Encina plastics recycling plant looking for a fishing spot in the summer of 2022. Credit: James Bruggers

Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into the Susquehanna River, Polluting a Vital Drinking Water Source

By James Bruggers
A corn field wilts in a mid summer dry spell in a Point Township, Pennsylvania, field where Houston-based Encina says it will convert plastic waste to benzene, toluene and xylene. Credit: James Bruggers

Encina Chemical Recycling Plant in Pennsylvania Faces Setback: One of its Buildings Is Too Tall

By James Bruggers
Houston-based Encina is planning a $1.1 billion chemical recycling plant for plastic waste on these bottomlands along the Susquehanna River in Point Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: James Bruggers

An Environmental Group Challenges a Proposed Plastics ‘Advanced Recycling’ Plant in Pennsylvania

By James Bruggers
Refuse bags full of materials for recycling in different colored plastic bags. Credit: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images

A Houston Firm Says It’s Opening a Billion-Dollar Chemical Recycling Plant in a Small Pennsylvania Town. How Does It Work?

By James Bruggers

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