'Plastic Park': Facility aims to turn waste plastic into truck-fuelling hydrogen

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Developer Peel L&P said waste plastic conversion facility planned for England's North West could become blueprint for dozens more facilities able to support UK's net zero ambition

Construction of the UK's first facility to convert waste plastic into hydrogen came a step closer to realisation this week, with the completion of an assessment phase covering the project's design, engineering...

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