A chemical company has dropped its plans to burn plastic waste in a small Pennsylvania town, but the industry is still pushing this risky, polluting technology. With the world’s first global plastics treaty on the line, health and environmental advocates are pushing back against the industry’s fake plastic recycling solution.
SELINSGROVE — The plan by Encina LLC, of Woodland, Tx., to build a billion-dollar plastics recycling plant in Point Township was the focus of an informational public meeting held Wednesday
POINT TOWNSHIP — The plan by Encina to break ground on a billion-dollar plastics recycling plant sometime in 2024 spurred both environmental activists and company representatives in 2023 to hold