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Recycling

PureCycle planning big new plant

by Alexander H. Tullo
August 7, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 29

A photo of PureCycle's plant under construction in Ironton, Ohio.
Credit: PureCycle Technologies
PureCycle Technologies is building a plant in Ironton, Ohio.

The plastics recycling firm PureCycle Technologies plans to spend $440 million to build a polypropylene recycling plant in Augusta, Georgia. The company uses a solvent-based process to purify postconsumer polypropylene waste for reuse. The firm went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company earlier this year. The new plant will have three processing lines, each with capacity of about 60,000 metric tons (t) per year. PureCycle is already building a plant with 50,000 t of annual capacity in Ironton, Ohio, which will start up in 2022. The company ultimately aims to have 450,000 t of output on the ground by 2025.

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