Hugo Neu Americas Recycling Complex officials said Monday the company “is closer” to completing its permitting process, after the Appellate Court denied a petition by Schnitzer Puerto Rico Inc. to reconsider its previous decision of granting permission to the proposed $80 million operation.
Energy Answers, the company looking to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Arecibo, recently partnered with the town’s National University College campus and Better World Books to establish a pilot project focused on reusing books and reducing the high volume of waste cluttering island landfills.
The Roosevelt Roads Redevelopment Authority is partnering with the Puerto Rico Solid Waste Authority and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to respectively operate the existing recycling plant and provide water and land surveillance services at the former naval base.
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