Freepoint Eco-Systems announced the construction of an advanced recycling facility in Hebron, Ohio. In connection with this project, Freepoint Eco-Systems is partnering with Van Dyk Recycling Solutions to build a front-end sorting system that will enable the facility to recycle 90,000 tons per year of end-of-life plastic.
The project will employ approximately 200 people during the construction phase and an additional fifty people when fully operational. Commercial operations are expected to commence in 2023.
Brian Schellati, director of business development for Van Dyk said, “Joining our experience in system design with Freepoint Eco-Systems’ dedication to finding renewable avenues for plastics led to a project that we believe is going to be very successful. The facility will accept post sorted plastics from material recovery facilities. Those materials will pass through an advanced sortation system and then ultimately become pelletized.”
The feedstock produced by the facility will have a smaller carbon footprint than crude oil-derived feedstocks and will contribute to a more circular economy for plastic production.
Published in the June 2022 Edition