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‘A lot of demand right now’: Company plans 3rd plastics recycling facility in Slate Belt - lehighvalleylive.com

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‘A lot of demand right now’: Company plans 3rd plastics recycling facility in Slate Belt - lehighvalleylive.com

‘A lot of demand right now’: Company plans 3rd plastics recycling facility in Slate Belt
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Ultra-Poly Corp. received a recommendation from the Upper Mount Bethel Township Planning Commission on Feb. 21, 2024, for conditional final development approval for a new 128,000-square-foot plastics recycling plant on Demi Road. (John Best | lehighvalleylive.com contributor)John Best | lehighvalleylive.com contributor

Plans for a third plastics recycling facility are underway in a Slate Belt industrial park.

Ultra-Poly Corp. received a unanimous recommendation from the Upper Mount Bethel Township Planning Commission Wednesday for conditional final land development approval.

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