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The Port Authority has signed a lease to bring a Canadian plastics company to Athens County
Toronto-based CCC Plastics plans to manufacture extruded plastic pellets at the site.
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Plastics plant would worsen microplastics crisis
The CCC plant in The Plains will be dyeing nurdles (considered to be microplastics at 5mm or less).
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Plastics plant goes against Athens County ethos, vision
Why would Athens County instead welcome one of the most polluting industries in the world into our community?
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Athens High School students present proposal on lunch trays to Board of Education
The Athens City School District is now researching the cost and practicality of replacing plastic lunch trays with stainless steel trays at current and future school buildings.
