The facility, dubbed the River City project, will be built at an investment of $90 million, and will be located in Green Cove Springs, just south of Jacksonville.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) will distribute $7.5 million in grants to municipalities to support recycling and waste diversion at a local level.
A bill dubbed the “Recycling Reform Act” has been working its way through the Legislature this session, with a shot at clearing the Senate and reaching the governor’s desk for final approval.
The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday.
Owens Corning is marking a significant industry milestone with the successful completion of a commercial-scale trial to manufacture shingles using extracted asphalt from recycled shingles.