PureCycle opposition part of wider anti-plastic push
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 29, 2022
PureCycle met community resistance to the company’s site near Winter Garden, Fla. | Noah Densmore/Shutterstock
Americans are united in their desire for better plastic recycling, but the question of where to locate facilities is running into familiar not-in-my-backyard resistance, complicated further by concerns about racial and social justice.
Most recently, these tensions have been playing out in Florida. In October 2021, PureCycle