LISTEN: EHN reporter Kristina Marusic recently spoke with The The Allegheny Front about three communities in the Ohio River Valley that are fighting proposed chemical recycling plants.
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“Plastics industry lobbyist are promoting an old incineration method as a new way to solve the plastic pollution crisis. They are calling the process “chemical recycling” & “advanced recycling,” even though it is not “advanced” & nothing gets recycled.” momscleanairforce.org/resources/chem…

Residents fear Pennsylvania, West Virginia chemical recycling proposals will deepen fossil fuel ties and pollution problems - Environmental Health News
Kristina Marusic

'Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley are already home to a dense network of oil and gas infrastructure, including fracking and conventional wells, pipelines and a massive plastics plant. Chemical recycling facilities would represent a further expansion of this network.'

☢️🚨📢 Kristina Marusic Yough Riverkeeper Senator Katie Muth @JustinNobel CoalfieldJustice FriendsOfLackawanna

New from Environmental Health News - a Q and A with a chemical recycling CEO who said: 'In retrospect, one thing we did poorly as an industry when we first got rolling was saying that we can recycle anything. That’s not true.' Via Kristina Marusic ehn.org/industrial-che…

The Pennsylvania DEP is requiring Shell Chemical Appalachia to submit a new air pollution permit for its massive petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Now, the plant will be subjected to federal Clean Air Act laws. @kristinawrites

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Paused #Ohio ' #Chemical Recycling' Plant Puts Spotlight On #Appalachia
#news #environment #EnvironmentalHealth #pollution #waste

Kristina Marusic reports for Environmental Health News

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Residents fear that SOBE’s proposed chemical recycling plant — currently on hold after the city passed a one-year moratorium — will add to its toxic burden. “I’m a two-time cancer survivor. I
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Just say no to chemical recycling. We did. #sobenoway #stopsobe

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Paused OH chemical recycling plant puts spotlight on Appalachia as “prime target”

Chemical recycling is burning plastic. Changing our plastic problem into an air pollution problem is not a solution. #plastic

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Youngstown, Ohio passed a one-year moratorium on chemical recycling to prevent a waste-to-fuel facility from being constructed in a busy neighborhood near bars, restaurants, and student housing. @kristinawrites #chemicalrecycling
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'Right now there’s no proof that this is safe': Tom Hetrick, prez of Youngstown City Council- they passed the year-long moratorium on pyrolysis - it spotlights Appalachia as “prime target” for the controversial practice. by Kristina Marusic/Environmental Health News ehn.org/chemical-recyc…

Chemical recycling is a false solution for #youngstown and any town. #stopsobe #sobenoway

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“Even if all of the advanced recycling plants in the U.S. were functioning at full capacity with no issues, they would only be managing 1.3% of global plastic waste we currently have.' Jessica Conard Environmental Health News Kristina Marusic
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I wrote about about a successful campaign to stop a chemical recycling plant in Youngstown, Ohio, and why more of these controversial facilities are likely coming to the Ohio River Valley and Appalachia. ehn.org/chemical-recyc…

Youngstown, Ohio passed a one-year moratorium on chemical recycling to prevent a waste-to-fuel facility from being constructed in a busy neighborhood near bars, restaurants, and student housing. @kristinawrites #chemicalrecycling
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