The Alaska House of Representatives voted on Friday to relax environmental rules on advanced recycling facilities that use high heat or chemicals to turn plastic garbage into raw materials for new plastic products. The 23-13 vote sends House Bill 143 to the Alaska Senate for further consideration. Rep. Tom McKay, R-Anchorage and the bill’s prime […] The post Alaska House approves relaxed environmental rules for ‘advanced recycling’ appeared first on Alaska Beacon.