The Plastics-to-Fuel and Petrochemistry Alliance (PFPA) announces that Vadxx Energy will become its newest member. Cleveland-based Vadxx鈥攚hich plans to start up its first commercial facility in Akron, Ohio, in the coming months鈥攋oins Agilyx, Cynar Plc, and RES Polyflow as the alliance鈥檚 core member technology providers. 鈥淰adxx is excited to join the Alliance in its work to educate policymakers, communities and others about the important benefits of these new technologies,鈥� said Vadxx CEO Jim Garrett. 鈥淚n addition to creating valuable fuels and chemical feedstocks, plastics-to-fuel technologies can help divert non-recycled plastics from landfills and lower greenhouse gas emissions.鈥�
Formerly, the Plastics-to-Oil Technologies Alliance, the PFPA recently modified its name to reflect the wide range of versatile technologies and products offered by its membership. These include liquid fuels such as diesel and naphtha, crude oil for conversion to fuels or chemicals, and waxes, lubes and other valuable products. Since forming in 2014, the group also has been joined by three associate members, Sealed Air, Americas Styrenics, and Tetra Tech. 鈥淢ore businesses, governments and communities are looking to value creation as a new paradigm for managing post-use materials,鈥� said Michael Dungan, chairman of the PFPA and director of sales and marketing for RES Polyflow. 鈥淭he diverse and expanding group of technologies available to convert non-recycled plastics into fuels and other valuable products provides a range of solutions to help communities sustainably manage more of their post-use resources.鈥�
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