This is why Minnesota is such a leader. The Major corporations here (mentioned in the story) are the ones who sell these plastics, and the ones investing in a solution to deal with it. Bravo!
The company is going belly up: The recycling center is not the booming business it set out to be. ""Recycling doesn't work on its own. Collaboration is key across the supply chain," Myplas' CEO at the time, Andrew Pieterse, said in December. Pieterse later made an offhand comment when talking about getting the recycled plastic pellets through trial batches and into full production. "Now we just need to sell," he said, and trailed off: "Sell, sell, sell, sell, sell." He was not reachable for comment this week. -Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 21, 2024
Minnesota's first plastic film recycling facility struggling just two months after opening ...CEOs of major Minnesota companies attended the ribbon cutting, celebrating the 24/7 production schedule planned for early this year and the intent to quickly grow to 70 employees. Yet just two months later on Tuesday afternoon, the parking lot was empty, the lights were off, and the whir of the droning machines had quieted. The employee directory at a virtual check-in station listed just four people, and the company's chief executive was not one of them. The recycling center is not the booming business it set out to be. -Minneapolis Tribune, February 21, 2024
This is why Minnesota is such a leader. The Major corporations here (mentioned in the story) are the ones who sell these plastics, and the ones investing in a solution to deal with it.
Bravo!
The company is going belly up:
The recycling center is not the booming business it set out to be.
""Recycling doesn't work on its own. Collaboration is key across the supply chain," Myplas' CEO at the time, Andrew Pieterse, said in December. Pieterse later made an offhand comment when talking about getting the recycled plastic pellets through trial batches and into full production.
"Now we just need to sell," he said, and trailed off: "Sell, sell, sell, sell, sell."
He was not reachable for comment this week.
-Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 21, 2024
Minnesota's first plastic film recycling facility struggling just two months after opening
...CEOs of major Minnesota companies attended the ribbon cutting, celebrating the 24/7 production schedule planned for early this year and the intent to quickly grow to 70 employees.
Yet just two months later on Tuesday afternoon, the parking lot was empty, the lights were off, and the whir of the droning machines had quieted. The employee directory at a virtual check-in station listed just four people, and the company's chief executive was not one of them.
The recycling center is not the booming business it set out to be.
-Minneapolis Tribune, February 21, 2024
Thats pretty cool
Good luck as that stuff is horrible for the environment