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Brightmark signed an agreement with SK Global Chemical -- a subsidiary of SK Innovation -- to form a joint venture to develop, finance, construct and operate a plastics renewal facility in Korea with an annual capacity of 100,000 metric tons in pursuit of a “plastics-to-plastics” circular economy.

For companies like mine that are relentlessly focused on creating sustainable solutions, the idea of achieving truly circular economic solutions (systems that eliminate waste and reuse our resources) is incredibly motivating.

Before Florida dairy farmer Louis “Red” Larson passed away at the age of 96 last July, his family compiled a book called “Papa Red Said.” It was a tribute to one of the dairy industry’s true pioneers and contained many of his sayings that provided inspiration to his sons, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Brightmark has been working on solutions to the two environmental challenges domestically for a while now. For the plastic waste problem, the company closed a $260 million financing package in 2019 to capitalize the construction of their first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant. Located in Ashley, Indiana, that plant is slated to start up in the first half of this year.

How does Brightmark do it? Through anaerobic digestion, large-scale manure tanks are turned into big “stomachs” that digest all the organic materials, and the gas is captured and sold back to the grid.

Could the ‘largest ever solicitation for plastics waste’ create a massive opportunity for material recovery facilities and municipalities across the US?

Could the ‘largest ever solicitation for plastics waste’ create a massive opportunity for material recovery facilities and municipalities across the US?

The number of international initiatives to fight plastic pollution has more than doubled in the last five years.

Chevron sees a bright future in natural gas-powered auto transportation. But it will be cows, not dinosaurs, supplying the fuel.