Procter & Gamble will help launch a plastics recycling plant in Lawrence County, Ohio that could significantly change the effectiveness of polypropylene recovery technology. The company announced Monday it has signed an agreement with the county to build and operate a new facility for processing plastic waste from its manufacturing operations. This technology, which can remove virtually all contaminates and colours from used plastic, has the capacity to revolutionise the plastics recycling industry", delivering "nearly identical performance and properties as virgin materials in a broad range of applications", said Kathy Fish, CTO at P&G.
Procter & Gamble will help launch a plastics recycling plant in Lawrence County, Ohio that could significantly change the effectiveness of polypropylene recovery technology. The factory will begin full-scale production in 2020, and hopes to create a recycled product that is practically indistinguishable from new. "This technology, which can remove virtually all contaminates and colours from used plastic, has the capacity to revolutionise the plastics recycling industry", delivering "nearly identical performance and properties as virgin materials in a broad range of applications", said Kathy Fish, CTO at P&G.