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Tell your representatives, protect our communities and oppose Encina plastic waste project!

Encina, a Texas-based company, is proposing to build a $1.1 billion “advanced recycling” facility in Point Township, Northumberland County, PA. In reality, this facility would be a plastic waste processing facility. Plastic waste would be shipped to the facility to be sorted and washed. Then, using a process called pyrolysis, Encina would use fracked gas to heat the plastic to break it down to its component chemicals and then ship them to other facilities to make more plastic.

While Encina touts the process as a clean solution to the issue of plastic waste, the reality is that “advanced recycling” is another attempt by the fossil fuel and plastics industries to stay relevant despite a changing market towards environmentally responsible ways to produce energy and products. The chemicals produced at the facility would be a health risk as benzene is known to cause cancer, and exposure to toluene, xylene, and propylene can cause damage to the liver and kidneys, birth defects, or issues with the respiratory and nervous systems.

The facility would also draw 2.9 million gallons of water from the Susquehanna River each day for washing plastics, and then be pumped back into the river, threatening to pollute a vital source of drinking water with microplastics.

Please contact your local state representative and voice your concerns about the Encina plant! We are urging our elected officials to oppose the Encina plant. Thank you for your engagement.

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Subject: Protect Our Communities, Oppose the Proposed Encina Project!

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I am a constituent concerned about the proposed Encina plastic waste processing facility in Point Township, Northumberland County. This plant would bring in 450,000 tons of post-consumer plastic per year to be turned into chemicals such as benzene, toluene, xylene, and propylene that will be shipped off to make more plastics. This would be done using a process called pyrolysis, which heats plastic to break it down to its component chemicals.<br><br>I’m concerned about the health impacts of this facility. Benzene can cause cancer while exposure to toluene, xylene, and propylene can cause damage to the liver and kidneys, birth defects, or issues with the respiratory and nervous systems. I’m also concerned about potential pollution of the Susquehanna River from these chemicals as well as microplastics and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from processing the plastic waste. The facility will also be flaring, or releasing unwanted gas or waste, into the community. The facility is planned to be right next to the Susquehanna River and just yards away from families and their homes.<br><br>I urge you to publicly oppose this proposed project and any incentives that would support it. The health of our community and our river must be protected by opposing this toxic plastics waste management project. Please continue to convene public meetings with the Department of Environmental Protection who will be reviewing the permits for this project so the community can share our concerns.

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Tell your representatives, protect our communities and oppose Encina plastic waste project!

The facility would also draw 2.9 million gallons of water from the Susquehanna River each day for washing plastics, and then be pumped back into the river, threatening to pollute a vital source of drinking water with microplastics.

Please contact your local state representative and voice your concerns about the Encina plant! We are urging our elected officials to oppose the Encina plant. Thank you for your engagement.

Please note: If you subscribe to Clean Air Council’s email list, we will share your contact information with our local partner organization, Save our Susquehanna, so they can plug you in to local efforts. You can unsubscribe from emails at any time.

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