PITTSBURGH — EHN reporter Kristina Marusic recently spoke with The Allegheny Front about three communities in the Ohio River Valley that are fighting proposed chemical recycling plants.
Chemical recycling is an umbrella term for processes that use heat, chemicals or both to break down plastic waste into component parts for reuse as plastic feedstocks or as fuel. The industry says chemical recycling could help solve the plastic waste crisis, but some environmental health advocates say chemical recycling facilities worsen climate change and emit toxic chemicals.
Marusic recently wrote about community fights to stop proposed advanced recycling facilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Listen to her interview with The Allegheny Front below.
- This will be a big year in shaping the future of chemical recycling ›
- Residents fear Pennsylvania, West Virginia chemical recycling proposals will deepen fossil fuel ties and pollution problems ›
- What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for regional communities and beyond ›
- Paused Ohio chemical recycling plant puts spotlight on Appalachia as “prime target” for the controversial practice ›
- EHN reporter discusses chemical recycling on "Living on Earth" ›
- Chemical recycling has an economic and environmental injustice problem: Report - EHN ›
