pyrolysis

A Chemical Plant Mishandled Hazardous Waste for Years, Then Quietly Shuttered

Questions remain about cleanup at the North Carolina site, which had been hailed as a solution for dealing with plastic waste.

By Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

By James Bruggers

Startups Make Products From the Carbon in Fossil Fuels

By Dylan Baddour

Does N.C. Need Another Polluting Plant to Turn Plastic Waste Into Diesel Fuel?

By Lisa Sorg

In Houston, a City Council Member Questions ‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic and a City Collaboration with ExxonMobil

By James Bruggers

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

By James Bruggers

A Plant Proposed in Youngstown, Ohio, Would Have Turned Tons of Tires Into Synthetic Gas. Local Officials Said Not So Fast

By James Bruggers

Dumped, Not Recycled? Electronic Tracking Raises Questions About Houston’s Drive to Repurpose a Full Range of Plastics

By James Bruggers

EPA Spurns Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling

By James Bruggers

‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds

By James Bruggers

A New Plant in Indiana Uses a Process Called ‘Pyrolysis’ to Recycle Plastic Waste. Critics Say It’s Really Just Incineration

By James Bruggers