Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

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Some people here want everyone to believe that converting the current processor to convert PVC and getting the processor permitted anywhere is easy. It simply isn't true.



1. Agilyx says (see below) it can process all types of plastic (#s 1-7), explicitly mentions PVC (#3) and PET (#1), and is fully permitted in Oregon. The implication is that it is fully permitted in Oregon to process all types of plastic, including PVC. The REALITY is that DEQ prohibits Plas2Fuel (now Agilyx) from processing polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC, #3) beyond incidental contamination amounts in the pyrolysis unit.

The REALITY is quite different. More specifically, as a result of testimony presented and submitted on the air quality permit to Plas2Fuel Corporation (now Agilyx) in Tigard in February, 2010, DEQ modified the proposed permit to prohibit the processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC, #3) plastic beyond incidental contamination amounts in the pyrolysis unit.

PVC is of particular concern because of the pollution and health problems it creates through its life cycle. Both the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and the Center for Health, Environment and Justice refer to PVC as "The Poison Plastic."

>> As a result of that hearing and the comments submitted, and as indicated in the March 9, 2010 "Hearing Officer's Report and Response to Comments," DEQ added two modifications to the permit to Plas2Fuel, one of which prohibited the processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC, #3) in the pyrolysis unit. The exact modifications to the permit were as follows:

-- "Inclusion of permit condition prohibiting the processing of Type 3/PVC plastic except as received as an incidental contaminant (incidental to be defined as equal to or less than 10% by weight)
http://www.psr.org/chapters/oregon/assets/pdfs/miller-testimony-jtccomm-hb3597a-5-4-11.pdf