Dive summary:
- RES Polyflow has announced construction is almost complete on its first full-scale energy recovery facility in Ohio.
- The facility will open in the spring and be operational as a demonstration featuring a continuous feed waste to energy conversion process to produce oil from end-of-life plastics and rubber.
- A fuels analysis laboratory at the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Youngstown State University will test the fuels produced at the Polyflow facility.
From the press release:
RES Polyflow Chief Executive Officer Jay Schabel says “We are now scheduling visits with interested customers who recognize the strong financial returns of our robust technology. RES Polyflow has taken a very disciplined approach to commercialization by first proving the chemistry through our pilot phase, underpinning the uniqueness of the technology with process and equipment patents, and now showing the vitality of the process at scale.”