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As seen by the Cartage fire, tons of pellets stored in area warehouses and the endless plastic trash littering West Virginia roadsides, streams and rivers, a fortune in hydrocarbons is being wasted.
It is possible to recover usable fuels such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene from assorted plastics using a process called pyrolysis.
Checking the web, there is an innovative company in Veracruz called Petgas Mexico doing just this.
Given that Parkersburg is the center of the Polymer Alliance Zone, with abundant raw plastic resources and obvious environmental needs, Wood County with its local expertise is an ideal place to profit from a pyrolysis processing facility.
